HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 205        FILED ON: 1/10/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1388

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine L. Gentile and James B. Eldridge

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/10/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/2/2017

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/17/2018

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

1/17/2018

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/17/2018

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/17/2018

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/17/2018

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/17/2018

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/17/2018

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/17/2018

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

1/17/2018

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

2/3/2017

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

1/17/2018

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/17/2018

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/17/2018

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/17/2018

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/17/2018

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/17/2018

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/17/2018

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

1/17/2018

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

1/17/2018

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

1/17/2018

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/3/2017

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

1/17/2018

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/3/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/17/2018


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 205        FILED ON: 1/10/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1388

By Representative Gentile of Sudbury and Senator Eldridge, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1388) of Carmine L. Gentile, James B. Eldridge and others relative to death benefits for surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2308 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters.

 

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: Section 9C (1/2) of Chapter 32B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding in the fifth line after the phrase ”under the age of 26,” the words “and such children who are over age nineteen and physically or mentally incapacitated from earnings”.

SECTION 2: Section 9C (1/2) of Chapter 32B of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in the sixth line the words “continue to”.

SECTION 3: Section 9C (1/2) of Chapter 32B of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out in the twelfth line the words “100 per cent of the premium” and inserting in place there of the words “a premium at the same rate as retirees of the governmental unit from time to time as part of the total cost for such hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health insurance”.