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IN SB0380
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends IC 10-14-6.5 to require interstate mutual aid agreements provide liability immunity to Indiana emergency responders traveling out of state to provide mutual aid or training and exercises.
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Extends all immunities from liability available to Indiana political subdivisions and their officers, agents, and employees to out-of-state emergency responders providing mutual aid or training in Indiana.
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Requires reciprocal immunity protections for Indiana emergency responders providing mutual aid or training in other states under mutual aid agreements.
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Establishes that emergency responders rendering mutual aid remain employees of their original jurisdictions and no new employment relationship is created.
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Extends all pension, relief, disability, death benefits, worker's compensation, and other benefits to emergency responders for services performed outside their home jurisdictions as if performed within their jurisdiction, effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Interstate mutual aid agreements. Requires an interstate mutual aid agreement to provide immunity from liability for emergency responders from Indiana who travel out of state to provide mutual aid or engage in training and exercises under a mutual aid agreement.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
1/10/2017