Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-482

EPS 482

Line of Duty Death Benefits

Mr. Kennedy moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 138, by inserting, the following new section:-

“SECTION __ Chapter 32, Section 100 is hereby amended in line 14 after the word, “death,” by inserting the following:-

“or if a municipal or public emergency medical technician while in the performance of his duties and as a result of an assault on his person or as a result of an accident involving an emergency medical services vehicle which he is operating or in which he is riding in the performance of his duties as a emergency medical technician is killed or sustains injuries which result in his death,”

and is further amended by striking every instance therein where the following phrase appears: “firefighter, police officer, or corrections officer” and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“firefighter, police officer, correction officer, or municipal or public emergency medical technician.”