CHAPTER 239

SB 166 – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 166

AN ACT relative to medical benefits for beneficiaries of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty.

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3; Rep. Tamburello, Rock 3; Rep. Introne, Rock 3

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides for payment of the premium for medical benefits for surviving spouses and dependent children of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to medical benefits for beneficiaries of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

239:1 Findings and Purpose. The legislature finds that, through no fault of their own, certain persons entitled to benefits as surviving spouses and dependents of group II members killed in the line of duty have been provided with incorrect information concerning the benefits to which they are entitled over an extended period of time. Such persons have relied in good faith upon this incorrect information and have ordered their lives accordingly. In order to avoid the unfairness that would occur if these errors were retrospectively corrected, the state of New Hampshire will provide such persons in this position with the benefits that they were promised.

239:2 Additional Medical Benefits; Surviving Spouse and Dependents; Group II Member Killed in Line of Duty. On the effective date of this act, if the premium payment under RSA 100-A:52 and RSA 21-I:30-a for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, as determined under RSA 21-I:29-a, is not for the full amount of the premium for eligible medical and surgical benefits, and the local political subdivision has elected not to pay the excess cost of the premium for such medical and surgical benefits, the state shall pay the difference between the amount paid by the local political subdivision and the amount under RSA 21-I:30-a, I, so that the benefit is not reduced by the application of any benefit limitation or premium contribution for such surviving spouses and dependent children.

239:3 Application. Nothing in this act shall authorize or require the state to pay for any premium for eligible medical and surgical benefits that was being paid for by the local political subdivision on January 1, 2011.

239:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 5, 2011

Effective Date: July 5, 2011