Section 100A of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (j) the following subsection:-
(k) This section shall apply in the case of the death of a public safety employee as the direct and proximate result of COVID-19, unless the employee is shown to have performed no line of duty activity or action within the 20 days immediately preceding a diagnosis of or positive test for COVID–19, or the employee is not immunized to prevent COVID-19, unless the employee has medical conditions preventing immunizations or COVID-19 vaccines were not authorized for emergency use at the time of death.
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