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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1518, 1957 | PRINTER'S NO. 3780 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MARSHALL, FAIRCHILD, SOLOBAY, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOBACK, BRENNAN, CAUSER, COHEN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, J. EVANS, EVERETT, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MURT, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, ROAE, GILLESPIE, PALLONE AND FARRY, APRIL 20, 2009 |
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| AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 24, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Establishing an emergency medical services memorial flag; and |
2 | imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services |
3 | Council and the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in the | <-- |
4 | Department of Health. |
5 | WHEREAS, The provision of an emergency medical services |
6 | memorial flag is a small but important act by Commonwealth |
7 | government to signify its thanks and recognition for the |
8 | sacrifice of a life in service to the citizens of this |
9 | Commonwealth; and |
10 | WHEREAS, The General Assembly enacts this legislation on |
11 | behalf of all Commonwealth citizens to honor emergency medical |
12 | services personnel who have died in the line of duty. |
13 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
14 | hereby enacts as follows: |
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1 | Section 1. Emergency medical services memorial flag. |
2 | (a) Establishment.--An emergency medical services memorial |
3 | flag is established for this Commonwealth. |
4 | (b) Description.--The flag established in subsection (a) |
5 | shall be created by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in | <-- |
6 | the Department of Health in cooperation with the Pennsylvania |
7 | Emergency Health Services Council. |
8 | Section 2. Use of flag. |
9 | The emergency medical services memorial flag may be displayed |
10 | over emergency medical service memorials, emergency medical |
11 | service funeral processions and from the poles of any public |
12 | ground or political subdivision for a period of not more than |
13 | seven days after the death of a member of any emergency medical |
14 | service, and as further directed by the Director of Emergency |
15 | Medical Services in the Department of Health. |
16 | Section 3. Agency responsibility. |
17 | The Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in the Department of | <-- |
18 | Health, in conjunction with the Office of the State Fire | <-- |
19 | Commissioner, shall maintain the official flag and have the |
20 | responsibility to implement the provisions of this act and |
21 | oversee the production, acquisition and distribution of the |
22 | flag. |
23 | Section 4. Limitation. |
24 | Authorized utilization of the emergency medical services |
25 | memorial flag by the Commonwealth or an entity of the |
26 | Commonwealth shall not constitute a presumption of eligibility |
27 | or be admissible as evidence for a claim under the act of June |
28 | 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law |
29 | Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act. |
30 | Section 5. Appropriation. | <-- |
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1 | The production, acquisition and distribution of flags under |
2 | this act shall be funded initially from existing money in the |
3 | Office of the State Fire Commissioner's budget appropriation. |
4 | Subsequent appropriations may be requested periodically as |
5 | additional funds are required. Money appropriated for the |
6 | purposes of this act shall be allocated to a segregated account |
7 | maintained by the Office of the State Fire Commissioner and the |
8 | Director of Emergency Medical Services in the Department of |
9 | Health. |
10 | Section 6 5. Effective date. | <-- |
11 | This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or immediately, | <-- |
12 | whichever is later in 60 days. | <-- |
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