SENATE DOCKET, NO. 561        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1726

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael F. Rush

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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 members of public emergency medical technicians.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 561        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1726

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1771 OF 2021-2022.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to surviving family members of public 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 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “death,” in line 15 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 public 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 results in his death,

SECTION 2.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 16-17, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:_

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 3.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 18-19, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 4.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 22-23, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 5.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 26, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 6.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 45-46, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 7.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 53, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 8.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 67, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 9.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 75-76, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 10.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 79-80, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 11.  Section 100 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 88-89, the words “firefighter, police officer or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

firefighter, police officer, corrections officer, or public emergency medical technician

SECTION 12. This act shall take effect upon its passage.