PRINTER'S NO.  726

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

664

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY DiGIROLAMO, BELFANTI, BAKER, BRENNAN, CIVERA, CLYMER, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DRUCKER, EVERETT, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, HALUSKA, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, METZGAR, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MYERS, O'NEILL, PALLONE, QUINN, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 27, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, FEBRUARY 27, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), entitled, as

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reenacted and amended, "An act defining the liability of an

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employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe

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in the course of employment; establishing an elective

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schedule of compensation; providing procedure for the

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determination of liability and compensation thereunder; and

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prescribing penalties," further defining "employe."

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 601(a) of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.

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736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, reenacted

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and amended June 21, 1939 (P.L.520, No.281), is amended by

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adding a clause to read:

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Section 601.  (a)  In addition to those persons included

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within the definition of the word "employe" as defined in

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section 104, "employe" shall also include:

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(11)  Individuals who:

 


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(i)  have completed the Community Emergency Response Team

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program as outlined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

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(ii)  are authorized in writing by a county or municipality

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to assist first responders in disaster assistance;

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(iii)  are acting voluntarily in the capacity of assisting

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first responders in an emergency or disaster;

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(iv)  are properly dispatched by the municipality or county 

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to be acting in capacity of assisting first responders;

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(v)  are injured while actively engaged in assisting first

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responders or going to or from the emergency or disaster; and

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(vi)  have written acknowledgments, in advance of injury,

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from the county or municipality stating that the county or

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municipality opts to cover the individuals under this act and

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assumes liability for the individuals.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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