PRINTER'S NO. 2593
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1870
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOYLE, DEAN, MURT, THOMAS, KINSEY, ROZZI,
SCHWEYER, WATSON, McNEILL, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL AND VAZQUEZ,
OCTOBER 17, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, OCTOBER 17, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for the payment of death
benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of
firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law
enforcement officers or National Guard members who die as a
result of the performance of their duties," amending the
title of the act; further providing for authority for
payment; adding a definition of "natural gas responder"; and
further providing for construction of act.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title of the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424,
No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement
Personnel Death Benefits Act, is amended to read:
AN ACT
Providing for the payment of death benefits to the surviving
spouse or children or parents of firefighters, ambulance
service or rescue squad members, law enforcement officers
[or], National Guard members or natural gas responders who
die as a result of the performance of their duties.
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