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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY HARKINS, STABACK, CONKLIN, SOLOBAY, BRENNAN, DALEY, CARROLL, SIPTROTH, REED, CASORIO, MOUL, D. COSTA, McGEEHAN, FLECK, MANN, HALUSKA, HORNAMAN, BELFANTI, KORTZ, KULA, GIBBONS AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 26, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MAY 26, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, No.193), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act providing for the payment of the salary, |
3 | medical and hospital expenses of members of the State Police |
4 | Force, of the enforcement officers and investigators employed |
5 | by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and the parole |
6 | agents, enforcement officers and investigators of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Capitol Police |
8 | officers, correction employes employed by the Department of |
9 | Corrections whose principal duty is the care, custody and |
10 | control of inmates, psychiatric security aides employed by |
11 | the Department of Public Welfare and the Department of |
12 | Corrections whose principal duty is the care, custody, and |
13 | control of the criminally insane, drug enforcement agents of |
14 | the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty is the |
15 | enforcement of the drug laws of the Commonwealth, special |
16 | agents of the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty |
17 | is the enforcement of the criminal laws of the Commonwealth, |
18 | members of the Delaware River Port Authority Police and of |
19 | policemen, firemen and park guards by the Commonwealth of |
20 | Pennsylvania, the Delaware River Port Authority, counties, |
21 | cities, boroughs, towns and townships, and sheriffs and |
22 | deputy sheriffs who are injured or contract certain diseases |
23 | in the performance of their duty; and providing that absence |
24 | during such injury shall not reduce any usual sick leave |
25 | period," extending benefits to certain employees of the |
26 | Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and |
27 | Boat Commission; and making editorial changes. |
28 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
29 | hereby enacts as follows: |
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1 | Section 1. The title and section 1 of the act of June 28, |
2 | 1935 (P.L.477, No.193), referred to as the Enforcement Officer |
3 | Disability Benefits Law, amended March 15, 2006 (P.L.55, No.20) |
4 | and July 7, 2006 (P.L.614, No.95), are amended to read: |
5 | AN ACT |
6 | Providing for the payment of the salary, medical and hospital |
7 | expenses of [members of the State Police Force, of the |
8 | enforcement officers and investigators employed by the |
9 | Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and the parole agents, |
10 | enforcement officers and investigators of the Pennsylvania |
11 | Board of Probation and Parole, Capitol Police officers, |
12 | correction employes employed by the Department of Corrections |
13 | whose principal duty is the care, custody and control of |
14 | inmates, psychiatric security aides employed by the |
15 | Department of Public Welfare and the Department of |
16 | Corrections whose principal duty is the care, custody, and |
17 | control of the criminally insane, drug enforcement agents of |
18 | the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty is the |
19 | enforcement of the drug laws of the Commonwealth, special |
20 | agents of the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty |
21 | is the enforcement of the criminal laws of the Commonwealth, |
22 | members of the Delaware River Port Authority Police and of |
23 | policemen, firemen and park guards by the Commonwealth of |
24 | Pennsylvania, the Delaware River Port Authority, counties, |
25 | cities, boroughs, towns and townships, and sheriffs and |
26 | deputy sheriffs] certain employees of State and local |
27 | government who are injured or contract certain diseases in |
28 | the performance of their duty; and providing that absence |
29 | during such injury shall not reduce any usual sick leave |
30 | period. |
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1 | Section 1. (a) Be it enacted, &c., That: |
2 | (1) any member of the State Police Force[,]; |
3 | (2) any enforcement officer or investigator employed by the |
4 | Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board[, and]; |
5 | (3) the parole agents, enforcement officers and |
6 | investigators of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and |
7 | Parole[,]; |
8 | (4) Capitol Police officers[,]; |
9 | (5) correction employes employed by the Department of |
10 | Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, custody and |
11 | control of inmates[,]; |
12 | (6) psychiatric security aides employed by the Department of |
13 | Public Welfare and the Department of Corrections, whose |
14 | principal duty is the care, custody, and control of the |
15 | criminally insane[,]; |
16 | (7) drug enforcement agents of the Office of Attorney |
17 | General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the drug laws |
18 | of the Commonwealth[,]; |
19 | (8) special agents of the Office of Attorney General whose |
20 | principal duty is the enforcement of the criminal laws of the |
21 | Commonwealth[,]; |
22 | (9) any member of the Delaware River Port Authority |
23 | Police[,]; |
24 | (10) any policeman, fireman or park guard of any county, |
25 | city, borough, town or township[, or]; |
26 | (11) any sheriff or deputy sheriff; or |
27 | (12) any enforcement officer or investigator of the |
28 | Pennsylvania Game Commission or the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat |
29 | Commission who is injured in the performance of his duties |
30 | including, in the case of firemen, duty as special fire police, |
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1 | and by reason thereof is temporarily incapacitated from |
2 | performing his duties, shall be paid by the Commonwealth of |
3 | Pennsylvania if [a member of the State Police Force or an |
4 | enforcement officer or investigator employed by the Pennsylvania |
5 | Liquor Control Board or the parole agents, enforcement officers |
6 | and investigators of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and |
7 | Parole, Capitol Police officers, correction employes employed by |
8 | the Department of Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, |
9 | custody and control of inmates, psychiatric security aides |
10 | employed by the Department of Public Welfare and the Department |
11 | of Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, custody, and |
12 | control of the criminally insane, drug enforcement agents of the |
13 | Office of Attorney General whose principal duty is the |
14 | enforcement of the drug laws of the Commonwealth, special agents |
15 | of the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty is the |
16 | enforcement of the criminal laws of the Commonwealth, or by the |
17 | Delaware River Port Authority if a member of the Delaware River |
18 | Port Authority Police or by the county, township or |
19 | municipality, by which he is employed, his full rate of salary, |
20 | as fixed by ordinance or resolution, until the disability |
21 | arising therefrom has ceased. All medical and hospital bills, |
22 | incurred in connection with any such injury, shall be paid by |
23 | the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by the Delaware River Port |
24 | Authority or by such county, township or municipality. During |
25 | the time salary for temporary incapacity shall be paid by the |
26 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by the Delaware River Port |
27 | Authority or by the county, city, borough, town or township, any |
28 | workmen's compensation, received or collected by any such |
29 | employe for such period, shall be turned over to the |
30 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania] an employee identified under |
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1 | paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (12) or to the |
2 | Delaware River Port Authority or to such county, city, borough, |
3 | town or township, and paid into the treasury thereof, and if |
4 | such payment shall not be so made by the employe the amount so |
5 | due the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware River Port |
6 | Authority or the county, city, borough, town or township shall |
7 | be deducted from any salary then or thereafter becoming due and |
8 | owing. |
9 | (b) In the case of: |
10 | (1) the State Police Force[,]; |
11 | (2) enforcement officers and investigators employed by the |
12 | Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board [and]; |
13 | (3) the parole agents, enforcement officers and |
14 | investigators of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and |
15 | Parole[,]; |
16 | (4) Capitol Police officers[,]; |
17 | (5) correction employes employed by the Department of |
18 | Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, custody and |
19 | control of inmates[,]; |
20 | (6) psychiatric security aides employed by the Department of |
21 | Public Welfare and the Department of Corrections whose principal |
22 | duty is the care, custody, and control of the criminally |
23 | insane[,]; |
24 | (7) drug enforcement agents of the Office of Attorney |
25 | General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the drug laws |
26 | of the Commonwealth[,]; |
27 | (8) special agents of the Office of Attorney General whose |
28 | principal duty is the enforcement of the criminal laws of the |
29 | Commonwealth[,]; |
30 | (9) members of the Delaware River Port Authority Police[,]; |
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1 | (10) salaried policemen and firemen[, and]; |
2 | (11) sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; and |
3 | (12) enforcement officers and investigators of the |
4 | Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat |
5 | Commission who have served for four consecutive years or longer, |
6 | diseases of the heart and tuberculosis of the respiratory |
7 | system, contracted or incurred by any of them after four years |
8 | of continuous service as such, and caused by extreme |
9 | overexertion in times of stress or danger or by exposure to |
10 | heat, smoke, fumes or gases, arising directly out of [the] such |
11 | employment [of any such member of the State Police Force, |
12 | enforcement officer, investigator employed by the Pennsylvania |
13 | Liquor Control Board, guard or enforcement officer employed by |
14 | the Department of Corrections or parole agent, enforcement |
15 | officer or investigator of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation |
16 | and Parole, Capitol Police officers, correction employes |
17 | employed by the Department of Corrections whose principal duty |
18 | is the care, custody and control of inmates, psychiatric |
19 | security aides employed by the Department of Public Welfare and |
20 | the Department of Corrections whose principal duty is the care, |
21 | custody, and control of the criminally insane, drug enforcement |
22 | agents of the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty is |
23 | the enforcement of the drug laws of the Commonwealth, special |
24 | agents of the Office of Attorney General whose principal duty is |
25 | the enforcement of the criminal laws of the Commonwealth, member |
26 | of the Delaware River Port Authority Police, policeman or |
27 | fireman, or sheriff or deputy sheriff] shall be compensable in |
28 | accordance with the terms hereof; and unless any such disability |
29 | shall be compensable under the compensation laws as having been |
30 | caused by accidental injury, such disability shall be |
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1 | compensable as occupational disease disabilities are presently |
2 | compensable under the compensation laws of this Commonwealth. It |
3 | shall be presumed that tuberculosis of the respiratory system |
4 | contracted or incurred after four consecutive years of service |
5 | was contracted or incurred as a direct result of employment. |
6 | (c) In the case of any person receiving benefits pursuant to |
7 | this act, the statutes of limitations set forth in sections |
8 | 306.1, 315, 413, and 434 of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, |
9 | No.338), known as the "Workers' Compensation Act," shall not |
10 | begin to run until the expiration of the receipt of benefits |
11 | pursuant to this act. |
12 | (d) (1) All payments herein required to be made by the |
13 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on account of any member of the |
14 | State Police Force shall be made from moneys appropriated to the |
15 | Pennsylvania State Police[, and any]. |
16 | (2) Any payments required to be made on account of any |
17 | enforcement officer or investigator employed by the Pennsylvania |
18 | Liquor Control Board shall be from appropriations out of the |
19 | State Stores Fund[, any]. |
20 | (3) Any payments required to be made on account of any |
21 | parole agent, enforcement officer or investigator employed by |
22 | the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole shall be from |
23 | moneys appropriated to the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and |
24 | Parole[, any]. |
25 | (4) Any payments required to be made on account of Capitol |
26 | Police officers shall be made from moneys appropriated to the |
27 | Department of General Services[, any]. |
28 | (5) Any payments required to be made on account of any |
29 | correction employe shall be made from moneys appropriated to the |
30 | Department of Corrections[, any]. |
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1 | (6) Any payments required to be made on account of any |
2 | psychiatric security aides shall be made from moneys |
3 | appropriated to the Department of Public Welfare or the |
4 | Department of Corrections where appropriate[, and any]. |
5 | (7) Any payments required to be made on account of any drug |
6 | enforcement agent or special agents shall be made from moneys |
7 | appropriated to the Office of Attorney General. |
8 | (8) Any payments required to be made on account of any |
9 | enforcement officers or investigators of the Pennsylvania Game |
10 | Commission shall be made from moneys appropriated to the |
11 | Pennsylvania Game Commission. |
12 | (9) Any payments required to be made on account of any |
13 | enforcement officers or investigators of the Pennsylvania Fish |
14 | and Boat Commission shall be made from moneys appropriated to |
15 | the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. |
16 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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