Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Protect Health Care for Retired Public Safety Officers Act of 2019 This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the State Homeland Security Grant Program, to require each state to include in its grant application a certification for the protection of health care benefits for retired public safety officers. A public safety officer is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or an emergency medical services provider whose conditions of employment are determined by a collective bargaining agreement. Such certification must provide that the state will not (1) unilaterally modify or eliminate health care benefits for a public safety officer retiree, or (2) allocate grant funds to a local government or Indian tribe that has not certified to the state that such benefits will not be unilaterally modified or eliminated.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Emergency Management
Emergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelLaw enforcement officersState and local government operations
Protect Health Care for Retired Public Safety Officers Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-2046| Senate
| Updated: 6/27/2019
Protect Health Care for Retired Public Safety Officers Act of 2019 This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the State Homeland Security Grant Program, to require each state to include in its grant application a certification for the protection of health care benefits for retired public safety officers. A public safety officer is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or an emergency medical services provider whose conditions of employment are determined by a collective bargaining agreement. Such certification must provide that the state will not (1) unilaterally modify or eliminate health care benefits for a public safety officer retiree, or (2) allocate grant funds to a local government or Indian tribe that has not certified to the state that such benefits will not be unilaterally modified or eliminated.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Emergency Management
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Emergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelLaw enforcement officersState and local government operations