H1869B3569A05124 BIL:JSL 04/20/20 #90 A05124
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1869
Sponsor: SENATOR REGAN
Printer's No. 3569
Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "Statutes,"
providing for COVID-19 enforcement officer disability benefits;
and,
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 6 and 7, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 57
COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DISABILITY BENEFITS
Sec.
5701. Scope of chapter.
5702. Enforcement officer disability benefits.
§ 5701. Scope of chapter.
This chapter relates to enforcement officer disability
benefits relating to COVID-19.
§ 5702. Enforcement officer disability benefits.
(a) General rule.--A person covered under section 1(a) of
the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, No.193), referred to as the
Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law, who contracts or is
diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as
identified in the proclamation of disaster emergency issued by
the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March
21, 2020), or is subject to quarantine resulting from exposure
to COVID-19, and by reason thereof is temporarily incapacitated
from performing his duties, shall be compensated in accordance
with section 1(a) of the the Enforcement Officer Disability
Benefits Law.
(b) Limitation.--A benefit received under subsection (a)
shall be limited to 60 days for each incident.
Section 2. Section 8133 of Title 35 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Amend Bill, page 2, line 7, by striking out all of said line
and inserting
Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The addition of 35 Pa.C.S. § 8133(c) shall take
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effect in 60 days.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
immediately.
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