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SENATE AMENDED
A05124
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1869
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY OWLETT, BARRAR, CAUSER, PICKETT, SCHMITT, GROVE,
GABLER, POLINCHOCK, ROAE, STRUZZI, CALTAGIRONE, FRITZ,
WHEELAND, ZIMMERMAN, BERNSTINE, HERSHEY, RAPP, WEBSTER, KORTZ
AND GILLEN, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
SENATOR BROWNE, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
APRIL 15, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for COVID-19 enforcement
officer disability benefits; and, in emergency medical
services system, further providing for basic life support
ambulances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8133 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
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.
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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:
§ 8133. Basic life support ambulances.
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(c) Exceptions for certain counties.--The staffing
requirements under subsection (b)(2) may be waived or adjusted
for counties of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes at
(C) EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES .--
(1) THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(2)
MAY BE WAIVED OR ADJUSTED AT the department's discretion. The
department shall permit an EMS agency to file for a waiver or
exception from the staffing requirements under this
subsection for extraordinary reasons as determined by the
department on a case-by-case basis and in the best interest
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of the EMS system and patient care.
(2) THIS SUBSECTION SHALL EXPIRE THREE YEARS FROM THE
DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The addition of 35 Pa.C.S. § 8133(c) shall take
effect in 60 days.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
immediately.
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