Bill > HB1557

This bill amends the Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law to provide clearer guidelines for disability benefits related to COVID-19 for enforcement officers. Specifically, the bill updates the provisions to compensate an enforcement officer who contracts or is diagnosed with COVID-19, or is subject to quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure during a declared disaster emergency, and becomes temporarily unable to perform their duties. The bill limits such benefits to 60 days for each incident and provides a specific definition of COVID-19 as the infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The bill replaces some of the original language about COVID-19, removing specific references to the original March 6, 2020 disaster emergency proclamation and making the provisions more generally applicable. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage, ensuring that enforcement officers have a clear legal framework for receiving disability benefits during COVID-19-related incapacitation.

Military Affairs and Security

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