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LA HB203
Bill
Status
6/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tehmi Chassion
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AI Summary
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Full-time firemen and law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty may receive reimbursement for medical and dental expenses not covered by workers' compensation or employer health insurance
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Maximum benefit capped at $50,000 per injury per officer, reduced from the originally proposed $150,000 through committee amendment
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Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen's Survivor Benefit Review Board must unanimously approve claims within 60 days; denied claimants have one year to file suit in the parish where the injury occurred
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Payments made by the Office of Risk Management from the Self-Insurance Fund through specific legislative appropriation
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Applies retroactively to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2023; effective July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
FUNDS/FUNDING
Last Action
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
6/4/2025