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PRINTER'S NO. 660
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
592
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SONNEY, D. COSTA, DAVIS, MASSER, MURT, O'NEILL AND
READSHAW, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), entitled, as
reenacted and amended, "An act defining the liability of an
employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe
in the course of employment; establishing an elective
schedule of compensation; providing procedure for the
determination of liability and compensation thereunder; and
prescribing penalties," in additional coverages, further
providing for the definition of "employe."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 601(a) of the act of June 2, 1915
(P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act,
reenacted and amended June 21, 1939 (P.L.520, No.281), is
amended by adding a clause to read:
Section 601. (a) In addition to those persons included
within the definition of the word "employe" as defined in
section 104, "employe" shall also include:
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(2.1) a person who suffers injury or death as a direct
result of rendering emergency care, first aid or rescue at the
scene of an emergency and meets all of the following while
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