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2007 SESSION
HB 2557 Health insurance; State to pay for law-enforcement officer receiving work-related disability.
Introduced by: M. Kirkland Cox | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Work-related short-term and long-term disability; state police officers. Provides that the Commonwealth will continue to pay the employer's share of health insurance coverage for the state police officer and his family or dependents during periods of work-related long-term disability. Currently, the employee is responsible for the full cost of coverage during long-term disability. In addition, the bill requires that a law-enforcement agency provide a totally and permanently disabled employee with information about benefits available under the Line of Duty Act and requires that the agency assist such employee with filing a Line of Duty Act claim. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072161284 pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/07 House: Committee substitute printed 073485260-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 075913712-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2557ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/13/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072161284
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/16/07 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (Putney)
- 01/31/07 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (24-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: Committee substitute printed 073485260-H1
- 02/02/07 House: Read first time
- 02/03/07 House: Read second time
- 02/03/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 073485260-H1
- 02/03/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2557H1
- 02/05/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/06/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/14/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 075913712-S1
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 Senate: VOTE: (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 075913712-S1
- 02/16/07 Senate: Emergency clause added
- 02/16/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2557S1
- 02/16/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/07 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2557ER)
- 02/22/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 2/23/07)
- 03/13/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)