HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1009        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1445

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel J. Ryan

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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 surviving family of emergency medical technicians.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/18/2017

Mayor Martin J. Walsh

Office of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, 1 City Hall Square, Suite 500, Boston, MA

1/18/2017

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1009        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1445

By Mr. Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1445) of Daniel J. Ryan, Mayor Martin J. Walsh  and Daniel J. Hunt relative to survivor benefits of emergency medical technicians.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2398 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 surviving family of emergency medical technicians.

 

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 100 of chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the word “death,” in line 14 the following words:-

or if a public emergency medical technician while in the performance of his duties and as the result of an assault on his person or as a result of an accident while responding to or returning from any emergency or as the result of an accident involving an EMS department vehicle, which the emergency medical technician is operating or in which he is riding or while at the scene of any emergency is killed or sustains injuries while on duty which result in his death,

SECTION 2.  Section 100 of said chapter 32 as so appearing is further amended by inserting after the words “police officer” in lines 15, 17-18, 21, 25, 43, 50, 64, 72, 76-77, and 85  the following words:

, public emergency medical technician

SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.