Florida Senate - 2010 SB 2542
By Senator Crist
12-01361-10 20102542__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to correctional probation officers;
3 amending s. 112.181, F.S.; revising the definition of
4 the term “emergency rescue or public safety worker” to
5 include correctional probation officers in provisions
6 relating to certain communicable diseases suffered in
7 the line of duty; amending s. 112.19, F.S.; revising
8 provisions relating to death benefits to include
9 correctional probation officers; providing an
10 effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
15 112.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
16 112.181 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical
17 technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional probation
18 officer, correctional officers; special provisions relative to
19 certain communicable diseases.—
20 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
21 (b) “Emergency rescue or public safety worker” means any
22 person employed full time by the state or any political
23 subdivision of the state as a firefighter, paramedic, emergency
24 medical technician, law enforcement officer, correctional
25 probation officer, or correctional officer who, in the course of
26 employment, runs a high risk of occupational exposure to
27 hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, or tuberculosis and who is
28 not employed elsewhere in a similar capacity. However, the term
29 “emergency rescue or public safety worker” does not include any
30 person employed by a public hospital licensed under chapter 395
31 or any person employed by a subsidiary thereof.
32 Section 2. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
33 112.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
34 112.19 Law enforcement, correctional, and correctional
35 probation officers; death benefits.—
36 (2)
37 (g) Any political subdivision of the state that employs a
38 full-time law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), or
39 a full-time correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(2), or
40 a full-time correctional probation officer as defined in s.
41 943.10(3) who is killed in the line of duty on or after July 1,
42 1993, as a result of an act of violence inflicted by another
43 person while the officer is engaged in the performance of law
44 enforcement duties or as a result of an assault against the
45 officer under riot conditions shall pay the entire premium of
46 the political subdivision’s health insurance plan for the
47 employee’s surviving spouse until remarried, and for each
48 dependent child of the employee until the child reaches the age
49 of majority or until the end of the calendar year in which the
50 child reaches the age of 25 if:
51 1. At the time of the employee’s death, the child is
52 dependent upon the employee for support; and
53 2. The surviving child continues to be dependent for
54 support, or the surviving child is a full-time or part-time
55 student and is dependent for support.
56 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.
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