Bill > H4746

This bill proposes several key provisions: 1. It defines a "violent act injury" as a catastrophic, life-threatening, or life-altering and permanent bodily injury sustained as a direct result of a violent attack using a dangerous weapon. 2. It allows members in certain retirement groups (Groups 1, 2, 4, and some Group 3 members) who are unable to perform their essential job duties due to a violent act injury to be deemed retired for accidental disability, with certain requirements such as a medical panel certification. 3. It provides that firefighters, police officers, emergency medical providers, and other specified public safety personnel who are unable to perform their essential job duties due to a violent act injury shall receive a yearly pension equal to 100% of their regular compensation, including benefits and stipends, until mandatory retirement age, at which point the pension would be 80% of the average of the previous 12 months' compensation. 4. It requires that these public safety personnel receive notice of and access to critical incident stress management debriefing programs following incidents involving exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. The bill aims to provide enhanced disability benefits and support for public safety personnel who suffer debilitating injuries from violent incidents while on duty.

Budget and Finance

House Committee on Ways and Means (House)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4746