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IN HB1490
Bill
Status
1/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Peggy Mayfield
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AI Summary
HB 1490 Summary
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Town police reserve officers become eligible for line of duty death benefits from the special death benefit fund.
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Counties, cities, and towns must provide medical, surgical, hospital, and nursing services at no charge to police reserve officers injured or ill in the course of duty, with this obligation superseding other medical insurance carriers' obligations.
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Units may provide weekly disability payments equal to Indiana minimum wage based on a 40-hour work week for up to 260 weeks to reserve officers unable to work due to duty-related injuries or illnesses.
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Units may meet obligations through group insurance policies, self-insurance plans, or worker's compensation coverage; self-insurance programs require fiscal body approval.
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If a unit declines to provide lost income benefits, it must annually notify each reserve officer in writing and obtain written acknowledgment of receipt.
Legislative Description
Police reserve officers. Provides that town police reserve officers are eligible for a line of duty death benefit from the special death benefit fund. Provides that a county, city, or town shall furnish without charge to a police reserve officer (officer) who is injured or contracts an illness in the course of or as the result of performing duties as an officer all necessary physician, surgical, hospital, and nursing services and supplies and that this obligation supersedes any obligations that another medical insurance carrier has to pay the officer's medical expenses. Provides that a county, city, or town may provide
Last Action
Representative Klinker added as coauthor
2/2/2015