PRINTER'S NO. 1511
No. 1308 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, RYBAK, KOSINSKI, ROBINSON, TRELLO, CARN, VEON, JOSEPHS, PISTELLA, MELIO, KENNEY, HUGHES AND SERAFINI, APRIL 25, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 25, 1989
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, No.193), entitled, 2 as amended, "An act providing for the payment of the salary, 3 medical and hospital expenses of members of the State Police 4 Force, of the enforcement officers and investigators employed 5 by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and the parole 6 agents, enforcement officers and investigators of the 7 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Capitol Police 8 officers, correction officers employed by the Department of 9 Corrections whose principal duty is the care, custody and 10 control of inmates, psychiatric security aides employed by 11 the Department of Public Welfare and the Department of 12 Corrections whose principal duty is the care, custody, and 13 control of the criminally insane, and drug enforcement agents 14 of the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty is the 15 enforcement of the drug laws of the Commonwealth, members of 16 the Delaware River Port Authority Police and of policemen, 17 firemen and park guards by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 18 the Delaware River Port Authority, counties, cities, 19 boroughs, towns and townships, who are injured or contract 20 certain diseases in the performance of their duty; and 21 providing that absence during such injury shall not reduce 22 any usual sick leave period," further providing for 23 compensation for service-related injuries. 24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 25 hereby enacts as follows: 26 Section 1. Section 1(a) of the act of June 28, 1935 27 (P.L.477, No.193), referred to as the Enforcement Officer 28 Disability Benefits Law, amended December 19, 1986 (P.L.1733,
1 No.208), is amended to read: 2 Section 1. (a) Be it enacted, &c., That any member of the 3 State Police Force, any enforcement officer or investigator 4 employed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and the 5 parole agents, enforcement officers and investigators of the 6 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Capitol Police 7 officers, correction officers employed by the Department of 8 Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, custody and 9 control of inmates, psychiatric security aides employed by the 10 Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Corrections, 11 whose principal duty is the care, custody, and control of the 12 criminally insane, and drug enforcement agents of the Office of 13 Attorney General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the 14 drug laws of the Commonwealth, any member of the Delaware River 15 Port Authority Police or any policeman, fireman or park guard of 16 any county, city, borough, town or township, who is injured in 17 the performance of his duties including, in the case of firemen, 18 duty as special fire police, and by reason thereof is 19 temporarily incapacitated from performing his duties, shall be 20 paid by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania if a member of the 21 State Police Force or an enforcement officer or investigator 22 employed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board or the parole 23 agents, enforcement officers and investigators of the 24 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Capitol Police 25 officers, correction officers employed by the Department of 26 Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, custody and 27 control of inmates, psychiatric security aides employed by the 28 Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Corrections, 29 whose principal duty is the care, custody, and control of the 30 criminally insane, and drug enforcement agents of the Office of 19890H1308B1511 - 2 -
1 Attorney General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the 2 drug laws of the Commonwealth, or by the Delaware River Port 3 Authority if a member of the Delaware River Port Authority 4 Police or by the county, township or municipality, by which he 5 is employed, his full rate of salary, as fixed by ordinance or 6 resolution, until the disability arising therefrom has ceased. 7 All medical and hospital bills, incurred in connection with any 8 such injury, including psychiatric care for the individual and 9 immediate family members, shall be paid by the Commonwealth of 10 Pennsylvania or by the Delaware River Port Authority or by such 11 county, township or municipality. During the time salary for 12 temporary incapacity shall be paid by the Commonwealth of 13 Pennsylvania or by the Delaware River Port Authority or by the 14 county, city, borough, town or township, any workmen's 15 compensation, received or collected by any such employe for such 16 period, shall be turned over to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 17 or to the Delaware River Port Authority or to such county, city, 18 borough, town or township, and paid into the treasury thereof, 19 and if such payment shall not be so made by the employe the 20 amount so due the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware 21 River Port Authority or the county, city, borough, town or 22 township shall be deducted from any salary then or thereafter 23 becoming due and owing. 24 * * * 25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. C30L44VDL/19890H1308B1511 - 3 -