Bill > HB28

This bill amends existing Alabama law to grant state death benefits to coroners, deputy coroners, medicolegal death investigators, and medical examiners, in addition to the existing beneficiaries of firefighters, peace officers, rescue squad members, and emergency medical services personnel. The bill provides a $100,000 death benefit to the beneficiaries or dependents of these first responders if they die as a result of their duties, including from COVID-19 contracted between March 2020 and December 2022, regardless of vaccination status. The bill also allows for disability compensation of $100,000 to volunteer firefighters who become totally disabled due to an injury sustained while performing their duties. The amendments are retroactive to deaths occurring after January 1, 2019, and take effect on October 1, 2025.

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