PRINTER'S NO. 65
No. 53 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ERICKSON, TARTAGLIONE, BOSCOLA, C. WILLIAMS,
WASHINGTON, FONTANA, PIPPY, MADIGAN, GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY,
KITCHEN, COSTA, WONDERLING, CORMAN, EARLL, ROBBINS, WAUGH,
MUSTO, D. WHITE, WOZNIAK, LOGAN, REGOLA, BROWNE AND FUMO,
FEBRUARY 7, 2007
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 7, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act providing for the payment of death
3 benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of
4 firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law
5 enforcement officers or National Guard members killed in the
6 performance of their duties," further providing for
7 eligibility for benefits for members of certain ambulance
8 services or rescue squads.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424,
12 No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement
13 Personnel Death Benefits Act, is amended by adding a subsection
14 to read:
15 Section 1. * * *
16 (c.1) (1) An ambulance service or rescue squad member
17 working for a hospital shall be deemed to be acting in the
18 performance of his duties for the purposes of this act
19 attending, going to or directly returning from an emergency
1 which the ambulance service or rescue squad attended,
2 including travel from and direct return to the hospital or
3 other place where the ambulance service or rescue squad is
4 stationed.
5 (2) This subsection shall only apply to a hospital
6 employee who is directed to respond to an emergency pursuant
7 to an agreement to provide emergency service coverage for a
8 political subdivision.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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