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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ERICKSON, ROBBINS, MUSTO, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, KITCHEN, CORMAN, ALLOWAY, WILLIAMS, BROWNE, RAFFERTY, GREENLEAF, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, O'PAKE, COSTA, WONDERLING AND LOGAN, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 30, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act providing for the payment of death |
3 | benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of |
4 | firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law |
5 | enforcement officers or National Guard members killed in the |
6 | performance of their duties," further providing for |
7 | eligibility for benefits for members of certain ambulance |
8 | services or rescue squads. |
9 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
10 | hereby enacts as follows: |
11 | Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, |
12 | No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement |
13 | Personnel Death Benefits Act, is amended by adding a subsection |
14 | to read: |
15 | Section 1. * * * |
16 | (c.1) (1) An ambulance service or rescue squad member |
17 | working for a hospital shall be deemed to be acting in the |
18 | performance of his duties for the purposes of this act |
19 | attending, going to or directly returning from an emergency |
20 | which the ambulance service or rescue squad attended, |
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1 | including travel from and direct return to the hospital or |
2 | other place where the ambulance service or rescue squad is |
3 | stationed. |
4 | (2) This subsection shall only apply to a hospital |
5 | employee who is directed to respond to an emergency pursuant |
6 | to an agreement to provide emergency service coverage for a |
7 | political subdivision. |
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9 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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