Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/28/2021

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6279  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 1923 
 
 
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. BOLINSKY, 106
th Dist. 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT MAKING FIRST RESPONDER DIVE TEAMS AND CANINE 
SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL ELIGIBLE FOR WORKERS' 
COMPENSATION BENEFITS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That title 7 of the general statutes be amended to require that first 1 
responder dive teams and canine search and rescue personnel be eligible 2 
for workers' compensation benefits. 3 
Statement of Purpose:   
To provide workers' compensation coverage for first responder dive 
teams and canine rescue personnel.