Bill > S1429

This bill amends Section 100 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, which likely pertains to public employee retirement and benefits in Massachusetts. Specifically, it expands the circumstances under which the surviving family of a public emergency medical technician (EMT) can receive benefits. The bill adds provisions that would qualify a public EMT's death for benefits if it occurs while performing duties and results from an assault, an accident while responding to or returning from an emergency, an accident involving an EMS department vehicle, or while at the scene of an emergency. This is achieved by inserting the phrase "public emergency medical technician" in various places within the existing law, alongside terms like "police officer," suggesting that public EMTs will now be treated similarly to police officers in terms of survivor benefits under this specific section of law.