Public Employees - As introduced, requires, instead of authorizes, the state and local governments to provide fully paid health insurance coverage to the immediate family members of state and local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2020; removes the two-year limitation on the state or local government's full payment of such coverage; adds that family members of officers who suffer catastrophic injuries on or after January 1, 2020, also qualify for such...
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Summary
The bill mandates that the state and any political subdivision that offers health insurance to law‑enforcement officers must pay the entire premium for the surviving spouse and eligible dependent children, including unborn children, when an officer is killed or suffers a catastrophic injury in the line of duty after Jan. 1 2020. It eliminates the previous two‑year limit on such coverage and obligates the state to reimburse local governments for the premiums they pay. The measure also defines “catastrophic injury” and updates related statutory language.
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