HB 875: National Guard and Emergency/Law Personnel Death Benefits Increase/Extensions

H.B. 875, P.N. 998 (HUTCHINSON). This would amend the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act 101 of 1976, P.L. 424.
This would allow a National Guard member who dies in the performance of duties (as opposed to who is “killed in” performance of such duties, as under current law) to be eligible for death benefits under this Act.
A firefighter, ambulance service or rescue squad member, State police officer, law enforcement officer, or National Guard member who dies from a heart attack or a stroke on duty or within 24 hours after responding to an emergency or participating in a physical training exercise would be eligible for death benefits under this Act.
This death benefit would be increased to $100,000 (and then indexed to the Consumer Price Index as already required under current law).