IN HB1331

Requires counties, cities, and towns to provide full medical coverage (physician, surgical, hospital, nursing services and supplies) at no charge to police reserve officers injured or made ill while performing duties, with this obligation superseding other medical insurance carriers

Entitles injured police reserve officers unable to work their usual vocation to weekly payments equal to Indiana minimum wage based on a 40-hour workweek for up to 260 weeks

Mandates payment of at least $150,000 to beneficiaries or estates of police reserve officers who die from duty-related injuries, and the same amount to officers totally and permanently disabled for at least 260 continuous weeks

Allows local units to pay lifetime disability benefits for officers unable to perform any reasonable employment, coordinated with the officer's other benefits

Permits local units to meet these obligations through group insurance policies, self-insurance plans, or participation in worker's compensation and occupational diseases law provisions