die as a result of the performance of their duties.
Section 2. Section 1(a) and (e) of the act, amended October
9, 2009 (P.L.588, No.51), are amended and the section is amended
by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1. (a) In the event a law enforcement officer,
ambulance service or rescue squad member, firefighter, certified
hazardous material response team member [or], National Guard
member or natural gas responder dies as a result of the
performance of his duties, such political subdivision,
Commonwealth agency or, in the case of National Guard members,
the Adjutant General, or, in the case of a member of a
Commonwealth law enforcement agency, the authorized survivor
[or], the agency head or, in the case of a natural gas
responder, the employer or authorized survivor, within 90 days
from the date of death, shall submit certification of such death
to the Commonwealth.
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(e) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall pay out of the
General Fund to the surviving spouse or, if there is no
surviving spouse, the minor children of a National Guard member,
natural gas responder, certified hazardous material response
team member, volunteer firefighter, ambulance service or rescue
squad member who died as a result of the performance of his
duties the sum of $100,000, adjusted in accordance with
subsection (f) of this section. When no spouse or minor children
survive, the benefit shall be paid to the parent or parents of
such National Guard member, natural gas responder, certified
hazardous material response team member, volunteer firefighter,
ambulance service or rescue squad member. The benefit shall be
payable whether or not the National Guard member, natural gas
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