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H2978 • 2025

An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters

An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters

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Sponsor
Jeffrey Rosario Turco
Last action
2025-09-08
Official status
Accompanied H2940
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters

An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2978) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters.
  • Public Service.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-08 House

    Accompanied H2940

  2. 2025-05-22 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters
By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2978) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative to accidental disability retirement for police officers and firefighters. Public Service.

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Bill H.2978

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Section 111F of Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:-

For any police officer or fire fighter subject to this section, who is granted an accidental disability retirement, pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, and said accidental disability retirement is not based on presumptions pursuant to Sections 94, 94A or 94B of Chapter 32, any absence from duty caused by the condition which resulted in said accidental disability retirement, pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, shall be regarded as leave pursuant to this section. If said police officer or fire fighter was not previously granted leave pursuant to this section, he or she shall have such absence retroactively so granted, and any pay or other personnel actions implicated by such retroactive granting of leave pursuant to this section shall be taken by the employer.

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