HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 664        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3482

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the liability expenses for fire fighter and police officers injured in the line of duty..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official

Edition is amended in section 100 by adding at the end the following:—

Notwithstanding the above provisions of this section, payments for medical expenses incurred due to injuries suffered in the line of duty shall be made at the normal and reasonable rate paid by health insurance carriers and not reduced to the rates paid pursuant to Chapter 152 of the General Laws.