Today, Wednesday, July, 24th, 2024, the Senate debated and approved by a vote of 40-0, S.2887, An Act relative to disability pensions and critical incident stress management for violent crimes.

S.2887 amends the General Laws (Accidental Disability Pensions) by entitling police, firefighters, EMTs, or other public safety employees who are subjected to serious violent attacks while in the performance of their duties to additional pension benefits and would provide notice of critical incident stress management debriefing programs for public safety employees involved in certain serious incidents.

This bill is based on bills filed by me and Senator Friedman (S.1736 & S.1680).

To learn more about this bill, visit:

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2887

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