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Committee hears push to double critical-injury fund for first responders to $1M per biennium
Summary
Firefighters and labor officials urged the committee to raise the maximum biennial payout for first responders’ critical-injury benefits from $500,000 to $1,000,000, saying medical costs and awareness of the benefit have grown since enactment.
Representatives, union officials and the Department of Labor discussed HB 282, a bill to raise the maximum total critical-injury compensation available to first responders from $500,000 to $1,000,000 per biennium.
Representative Susi, the bill's sponsor, said the change would increase the pool available to first responders who suffer permanent impairments to heart, lung, brain or other organs. Witnesses including Brian Rill, president of the Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire, and attorney Jared O’Connor described how the…
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