SPONSOR:	Rep. Atkins & Rep. Booth & Rep. Ewing & Rep. Hocker & Rep. Wagner & Rep. Gilligan & Rep. Schwartzkopf & Sen. Adams & Sen. DeLuca & Sen. Vaughn & Sen. Venables;
	Reps. Spence, Smith, Lee, Buckworth, Cathcart, DiPinto, Hudson, Lavelle, Lofink, Oberle, Outten, Stone, Thornburg, Ulbrich, VanSant, Ennis, Johnson, Keeley, Williams

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

143rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 182

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Title 29, Chapter 52, § 5202(b)(1) of the Delaware Code by adding after the phrase “disability pension” and before the comma “,” the following:

“or primary survivors receiving a survivor’s pension under Title 11, § 8372(a) due to death in the line of duty of the employee”.

Section 2. Amend Title 29, Chapter 52, § 5202(b)(2) of the Delaware Code by adding after the phrase “disability pension” and before the comma “,” the following:

“or primary survivors receiving a survivor’s pension under Title 11, § 8372(a) due to death in the line of duty of the employee”.

Section 3. The Bill shall be retroactively effective from July 1, 2004.

SYNOPSIS

Under this Bill, a primary survivor of a Delaware State Trooper whose life has been taken in the line of duty will have the full cost of a basic individual contract of health care coverage paid for by the State of Delaware as long as that person is a primary survivor. This Bill has been made retroactive to cover the family of Corporal Christopher Shea who lost his life while serving the State of Delaware.