HB3362 Summary

• Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act to include animal control officers and animal wardens as eligible recipients of duty death benefits.

• Defines "animal control officer" or "animal warden" as an employee of a State or local governmental entity appointed to enforce animal regulation statutes and protect public health and safety.

• Extends duty death benefit eligibility to animal control officers and wardens killed in the line of duty under the same conditions and compensation amounts as other covered professions (law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, chaplains).

• Establishes that animal control officers and wardens are eligible for compensation of $259,038 or more (depending on date of death) if death occurs within one year of work-related injury.

• Requires claims for animal control officer and warden duty deaths to be filed within one year of death, consistent with requirements for other covered professions.