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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.


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