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IN HB1314
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Peggy Mayfield
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AI 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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After December 31, 2016, counties, cities, and towns must provide free medical care (physician, surgical, hospital, and nursing services) to police reserve officers injured or made ill while performing duties, with this obligation superseding other medical insurance obligations.
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After December 31, 2016, counties, cities, and towns must pay police reserve officers unable to work due to duty-related injury or illness a weekly amount equal to Indiana minimum wage based on a 40-hour work week for a maximum of 260 weeks.
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Units may fulfill these obligations through group insurance policies, self-insurance plans, or workers' compensation and occupational disease coverage.
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Effective July 1, 2016.
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, after December 31, 2016, 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, after December 31,
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
1/12/2016