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Committee recommends Appropriations consider $80,000 survivor benefit for fallen public safety workers, with $60,000 floor
Summary
The House of Midian General and Housing Committee on March 18 debated H 57, a bill to expand a survivor benefit to include law enforcement and corrections officers and to clarify who may receive awards when a public-safety worker dies in the line of duty.
The House of Midian General and Housing Committee on March 18 debated H 57, a bill to expand a survivor benefit to include law enforcement and corrections officers and to clarify who may receive awards when a public-safety worker dies in the line of duty.
Committee members emphasized both honoring first responders and concerns from the Appropriations Committee about duplicative payments. The committee settled on a recommended approach to send to Appropriations: preserve an $80,000 maximum award, allow the award to be reduced by duplicate contractual or statutory benefits (but not by life‑insurance proceeds), and set a floor so awards cannot fall below $60,000.
The discussion centered on two issues: whether to broaden who is…
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