PRINTER'S NO. 3938
No. 2676 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY STEELMAN, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BISHOP,
BROWNE, CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CREIGHTON,
CURRY, EGOLF, FLICK, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HORSEY,
JOSEPHS, KELLER, LAUGHLIN, LUCYK, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, MELIO,
MUNDY, PETRARCA, PISTELLA, ROEBUCK, RUBLEY, SHANER, STABACK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, DIVEN, FEESE, FREEMAN, GORDNER, HARHAI,
HESS, JAMES, KAISER, KREBS, LESCOVITZ, MANDERINO, McCALL,
McNAUGHTON, MICHLOVIC, PALLONE, PIPPY, READSHAW, ROONEY,
RUFFING, SOLOBAY, STURLA, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRELLO, WALKO,
WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, J. WILLIAMS, VEON,
WANSACZ, WATSON, G. WRIGHT AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 4, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 4, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for employment
3 discrimination for military membership or duty.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7309(c) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 7309. Employment discrimination for military membership or
9 duty.
10 * * *
11 (c) Extension of benefits during military duty.--Whenever a
12 member of the Pennsylvania National Guard is called or ordered
13 into active Federal service or active State duty under orders
1 authorized by law or a member of any reserve component is called
2 or ordered onto active duty, other than active duty for
3 training, the public or private employer of the member shall, at
4 no cost to the member, continue health insurance and other
5 benefits in effect for at least the first 30 days of the
6 military duty. After the expiration of the first 30 days, the
7 [public or private employer shall give the member of the
8 National Guard or other reserve component the voluntary option
9 of continuing such health insurance and other benefits in effect
10 at his own expense by paying for the insurance or benefits at
11 the same rates paid by the employer, and the insurance coverage
12 shall continue, except for injuries incurred in the line of
13 military duty] Commonwealth shall provide, at no cost to the
14 member, health insurance and other benefits for the member and
15 the member's dependents, as provided to Commonwealth employees
16 through the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund, for the
17 period that the member is on active duty, unless the member
18 declines such coverage.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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