HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 822        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2264

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

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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 Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/14/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

2/1/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/24/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/22/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/29/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/24/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/31/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/29/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/23/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/28/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/31/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 822        FILED ON: 1/14/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2264

By Mr. Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2264) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile 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. 1388 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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”.