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Committee unanimously advances bill allowing injured officers, firefighters to keep family coverage at same cost
Summary
House Bill 10‑44 would let public‑safety employees with class 1 or 2 disabilities continue to pay the same family health insurance cost after a qualifying injury. Testimony from injured officer Dustin Moody and his wife underscored the bill's urgency; committee approved 7‑0.
A legislative committee unanimously approved House Bill 10‑44, which would allow law‑enforcement officers and firefighters who sustain a class 1 or class 2 disability in the line of duty to continue family health insurance at the same employee cost.
Representative Pressell, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure is aimed at ‘‘taking care of those that are taking care of…
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