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Senate approves mandatory local trust to fund health benefits for surviving spouses of fallen local public safety officers
Summary
Senators voted to advance a revised version of SB 156 that requires local governments to join a shared trust to fund health insurance benefits for surviving spouses of fallen officers and firefighters; sponsors said the move corrects an unfunded retroactive change and keeps state dollars out of the program.
Senators on the floor advanced the second substitute to Senate Bill 156 after extended debate over who should carry the cost of health benefits for surviving spouses of fallen local law‑enforcement officers and firefighters.
Senator Weiler, sponsor of the substitute, said a verbal amendment enacted in the prior session made benefits retroactive to 2005 and produced 12 identified surviving spouses whose annual insurance costs he estimated at about $20,000 each—roughly $240,000 a…
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