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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1024 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 10-10.5-2-1. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Classifying coroners as first responders. Adds coroners, |
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| 8 | 8 | | deputy coroners, and medicolegal death investigators to the list of |
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| 9 | 9 | | designated Indiana first responders. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Effective: July 1, 2022. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Saunders |
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| 12 | 12 | | January 4, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public |
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| 13 | 13 | | Safety. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2022 IN 1024—LS 6536/DI 137 Introduced |
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| 15 | 15 | | Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022) |
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| 16 | 16 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 17 | 17 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 18 | 18 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 20 | 20 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 21 | 21 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 22 | 22 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 24 | 24 | | between statutes enacted by the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 25 | 25 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1024 |
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| 26 | 26 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 27 | 27 | | public safety. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 10-10.5-2-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.113-2020, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 JULY 1, 2022]: Sec. 1. The state of Indiana designates the following |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 individuals to be Indiana first responders: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 (1) A law enforcement officer. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (2) A firefighter, including a volunteer firefighter. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (3) A corrections officer. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (4) A public safety telecommunicator. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (5) An emergency medical technician, emergency medical |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 responder, or paramedic. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 (6) An individual performing emergency management services |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 subject to the order or control of, or under a request of, the state |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 or local government, including a volunteer health practitioner |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 registered under IC 10-14-3.5. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 (7) Any individual serving in an employee or volunteer capacity |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 for a public safety agency, whose duties include rapid emergency |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 response. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2022 IN 1024—LS 6536/DI 137 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1 (8) A coroner, deputy coroner, or medicolegal death |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 investigator. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2022 IN 1024—LS 6536/DI 137 |
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