PRINTER'S NO. 933
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
755
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BREWSTER, FONTANA, SABATINA, RAFFERTY, YUDICHAK,
COSTA, VULAKOVICH AND BARTOLOTTA, JUNE 12, 2017
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 12, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, No.193), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for the payment of the salary,
medical and hospital expenses of certain employes of State
and local government who are injured or contract certain
diseases in the performance of their duty; and providing that
absence during such injury shall not reduce any usual sick
leave period," further providing for payment of salary,
medical and hospital expenses of certain employees of State
and local government.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1(b) of the act of June 28, 1935
(P.L.477, No.193), referred to as the Enforcement Officer
Disability Benefits Law, is amended by adding a paragraph to
read:
Section 1. * * *
(b) In the case of:
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(13) corrections officers employed by a local government;
who have served for four consecutive years or longer, diseases
of the heart and tuberculosis of the respiratory system,
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