CHAPTER 216
FORMERLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 158
AS AMENDED BY
HOUSE AMENDMENT NOS. 1 & 2
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY DEATH BENEFITS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1 Amend §6602, Title 18 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining as follows:
(5) Pay for health insurance for dependent children for covered persons who died in the line-of-duty after January 1, 2004 until said dependent children attain the age of twenty-six years of age. Should health insurance be provided by the federal government, Tricare or similar program, for any of these dependent children, the dependent children shall only be eligible for state group health coverage in the event of loss of coverage under the federal health insurance plan.
Approved May 07, 2014