Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland SB396: Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits
Status: Chaptered, May 13, 2025
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
What the bill says
An act concerning Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death and Disability Benefits FOR the purpose of altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits; altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are eligible for certain disability benefits; authorizing certain 9-1-1 specialists to become members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System as employees of a participating governmental unit…
From the enrolled text, May 15, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death and Disability Benefits FOR the purpose of altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits; altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are eligible for certain disability benefits; authorizing certain 9-1-1 specialists to become members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System as employees of a participating governmental unit; and generally relating to death and disability benefits and benefits for public safety officers. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Public Safety Section 1-202 and 7-202 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - State Personnel and Pensions Section 29-109, 29-111, 31-2A-01, 31-2A-03, 31-2A-04, and 31-2A-05 Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - State Personnel and Pensions Section 31-2A-02 and 31-2A-03.1 Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Public Safety 1-202. (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) "Child" means …