Amends GS 143-166.2, setting out the definitions for Article 12A, Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act, by adding and defining the term telecommunicator as a person qualified to provide 911 call taking employed by a public safety answering point (PSAP). Specifies that the term applies to 911 call takers, dispatchers, radio operators, data terminal operators, or any combination of such call taking functions in a PSAP. Adds telecommunicators to the list of covered persons under the Article. Adds that when a telecommunicator's death occurs as a direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke that occurs in the course of employment or during travel to or from work, that telecommunicator is presumed to have been killed in the line of duty. Effective July 1, 2021.
LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFITS FOR 911 OPERATORS.
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AN ACT PROVIDING LINE OF DUTY DEATH BENEFITS FOR TELECOMMUNICATORS.Intro. by Boles, Miller, Logan, Willingham.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (May 12 2021)
Bill History:
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Wed, 28 Apr 2021 House: Filed
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Mon, 3 May 2021 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Mon, 10 May 2021 House: Reptd Fav
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Mon, 10 May 2021 House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Tue, 11 May 2021 House: Reptd Fav
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Tue, 11 May 2021 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Tue, 11 May 2021 House: Added to Calendar
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Tue, 11 May 2021 House: Passed 2nd Reading
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Tue, 11 May 2021 House: Passed 3rd Reading
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Wed, 12 May 2021 House: Regular Message Sent To Senate
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Wed, 12 May 2021 Senate: Regular Message Received From House
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Wed, 12 May 2021 Senate: Passed 1st Reading
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Wed, 12 May 2021 Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
H 741
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