PRINTER'S NO. 818
No. 681 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, MELLOW, FUMO, MUSTO, HUGHES, LAVALLE,
BOSCOLA, KITCHEN, FERLO, KASUNIC, STACK, COSTA, STOUT,
C. WILLIAMS, O'PAKE, LOGAN AND TARTAGLIONE, MAY 11, 2005
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, MAY 11, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for employment
3 discrimination for military membership or duty.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7309(c) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 7309. Employment discrimination for military membership or
9 duty.
10 * * *
11 (c) Extension of benefits during military duty.--Whenever a
12 member of the Pennsylvania National Guard is called or ordered
13 into active Federal service or active State duty under orders
14 authorized by law or a member of any reserve component is called
15 or ordered onto active duty, other than active duty for
16 training, the public or private employer of the member shall, at
17 no cost to the member, continue health insurance and other
18 benefits in effect for at least the first 30 days of the
1 military duty. After the expiration of the first 30 days[,]:
2 (1) If the member is employed by a public employer, the
3 public [or private] employer shall [give the member of the
4 National Guard or other reserve component the voluntary
5 option of continuing such health insurance and other benefits
6 in effect at his own expense by paying for the insurance or
7 benefits at the same rates paid by the employer, and the
8 insurance coverage shall continue], except for injuries
9 incurred in the line of military duty[.], provide, at no cost
10 to the member, health insurance and other benefits for the
11 member and the member's dependents, as provided to active
12 employees, for the period that the member is on active duty,
13 unless the member declines such coverage.
14 (2) If the member is employed by a private employer, the
15 Commonwealth shall, except for injuries incurred in the line
16 of military duty, provide, at no cost to the member, health
17 insurance and other benefits for the member and the member's
18 dependents, as provided to Commonwealth employees through the
19 Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund, for the period
20 that the member is on active duty, unless the member declines
21 such coverage.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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