PRINTER'S NO. 376
No. 359 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, BELARDI, BELFANTI, M. COHEN, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GRUCELA, HORSEY, LAUGHLIN, MICHLOVIC, ORIE, PETRARCA, ROBINSON, SOLOBAY, SURRA, THOMAS, WASHINGTON, YOUNGBLOOD, WATERS AND J. WILLIAMS, JANUARY 31, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 31, 2001
AN ACT 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 officers 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, who are injured or 22 contract certain diseases in the performance of their duty; 23 and providing that absence during such injury shall not 24 reduce any usual sick leave period," further providing for 25 compensation for service-related injuries. 26 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 27 hereby enacts as follows: 28 Section 1. Section 1(a) of the act of June 28, 1935
1 (P.L.477, No.193), referred to as the Enforcement Officer 2 Disability Benefits Law, amended December 19, 1996 (P.L.1438, 3 No.183), is amended to read: 4 Section 1. (a) Be it enacted, &c., That any member of the 5 State Police Force, any enforcement officer or investigator 6 employed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, and the 7 parole agents, enforcement officers and investigators of the 8 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Capitol Police 9 officers, correction officers employed by the Department of 10 Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, custody and 11 control of inmates, psychiatric security aides employed by the 12 Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Corrections, 13 whose principal duty is the care, custody, and control of the 14 criminally insane, drug enforcement agents of the Office of 15 Attorney General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the 16 drug laws of the Commonwealth, special agents of the Office of 17 Attorney General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the 18 criminal laws of the Commonwealth, any member of the Delaware 19 River Port Authority Police or any policeman, fireman or park 20 guard of any county, city, borough, town or township, who is 21 injured in the performance of his duties including, in the case 22 of firemen, duty as special fire police, and by reason thereof 23 is temporarily incapacitated from performing his duties, shall 24 be paid by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania if a member of the 25 State Police Force or an enforcement officer or investigator 26 employed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board or the parole 27 agents, enforcement officers and investigators of the 28 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Capitol Police 29 officers, correction officers employed by the Department of 30 Corrections, whose principal duty is the care, custody and 20010H0359B0376 - 2 -
1 control of inmates, psychiatric security aides employed by the 2 Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Corrections, 3 whose principal duty is the care, custody, and control of the 4 criminally insane, drug enforcement agents of the Office of 5 Attorney General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the 6 drug laws of the Commonwealth, special agents of the Office of 7 Attorney General whose principal duty is the enforcement of the 8 criminal laws of the Commonwealth, or by the Delaware River Port 9 Authority if a member of the Delaware River Port Authority 10 Police or by the county, township or municipality, by which he 11 is employed, his full rate of salary, as fixed by ordinance or 12 resolution, until the disability arising therefrom has ceased. 13 All medical and hospital bills, incurred in connection with any 14 such injury, including psychiatric and psychological care for 15 the individual and the individual's spouse and dependent 16 children, shall be paid by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or 17 by the Delaware River Port Authority or by such county, township 18 or municipality. During the time salary for temporary incapacity 19 shall be paid by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by the 20 Delaware River Port Authority or by the county, city, borough, 21 town or township, any workmen's compensation, received or 22 collected by any such employe for such period, shall be turned 23 over to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to the Delaware 24 River Port Authority or to such county, city, borough, town or 25 township, and paid into the treasury thereof, and if such 26 payment shall not be so made by the employe the amount so due 27 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware River Port 28 Authority or the county, city, borough, town or township shall 29 be deducted from any salary then or thereafter becoming due and 30 owing. 20010H0359B0376 - 3 -
1 * * * 2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L15L44VDL/20010H0359B0376 - 4 -