this act.
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(d) Upon receipt of such certification, the Commonwealth
shall, from moneys payable out of the General Fund, pay to the
surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the
minor children of the paid firefighter, ambulance service or
rescue squad member [or], law enforcement officer or
telecommunicator who died as a result of the performance of his
duty the sum of $100,000, adjusted in accordance with subsection
(f) of this section and an amount equal to the monthly salary,
adjusted in accordance with subsection (f) of this section, of
the deceased paid firefighter, ambulance service or rescue squad
member [or], law enforcement officer or telecommunicator, less
any workers' compensation or pension or retirement benefits paid
to such survivors, and shall continue such monthly payments
until there is no eligible beneficiary to receive them. For the
purpose of this subsection, the term "eligible beneficiary"
means the surviving spouse or the child or children under the
age of eighteen years or, if attending college, under the age of
twenty-three years, of the firefighter, ambulance service or
rescue squad member [or], law enforcement officer or
telecommunicator who died as a result of the performance of his
duty. When no spouse or minor children survive, a single sum of
$100,000, adjusted in accordance with subsection (f) of this
section, shall be paid to the parent or parents of such
firefighter, ambulance service member, rescue squad member [or],
law enforcement officer or telecommunicator.
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(g.1) A telecommunicator shall be deemed to be acting in the
performance of his duties for the purposes of this act when
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