June 9, 2015, Introduced by Senators HOOD and SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2004 PA 46, entitled
"Public safety officers benefit act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 28.634).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) If a public safety officer dies or is permanently
and totally disabled as the direct and proximate result of a
personal injury sustained in the line of duty, the state shall pay
a benefit of $25,000.00 to 1 of the following:
(a) If the deceased public safety officer leaves a surviving
spouse, to that surviving spouse.
(b) If the deceased public safety officer does not leave a
surviving spouse, to his or her dependents.
(c) If the public safety officer does not leave a surviving
spouse or any surviving dependents, payment shall be made to the
estate of the deceased public safety officer.
(d) If the public safety officer is permanently and totally
disabled, to the spouse, but if there is no spouse, to the
dependents, and if there are no dependents, then to the entity
providing care to the permanently and totally disabled public
safety officer.
(2) The benefit shall be paid in addition to any other benefit
that the beneficiary receives due to the death of the public safety
officer.
(3) In addition to the benefit under subsection (1), if a
public safety officer is permanently and totally disabled as the
direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the
line of duty, this state shall provide the officer, the officer's
spouse, and any dependent children of the officer or the officer's
spouse a medical benefit plan on terms comparable to the medical
benefit plan offered to Michigan state police trooper retirees.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.