2007 House Bill 4821

Provide health insurance to survivors of fallen emergency first responders

Introduced in the House

May 24, 2007

Introduced by Rep. Kathy Angerer (D-55)

To require the state to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and children under age 18 of a firefighter who is killed in the line of duty which is comparable to the insurance the firefighter had in life.

Referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban, and Regional Affairs

June 13, 2007

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Oct. 9, 2007

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute failed by voice vote

Substitute offered by Rep. Kathy Angerer (D-55)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that wraps in the provisions of House Bill 4822 and 4823, which extend the proposed benefits to the survivors of law enforcement officers and emergency first responders.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Oct. 10, 2007

Amendment offered by Reps. Kathy Angerer (D-55) and Tim Moore (R-97)

To retroactively extend the proposed benefits to the widow of Clare County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Sherwood, who was killed on duty in 2003.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 108 to 1 (details)

To require the state to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and minor children of a firefighter, a law enforcement officer or an emergency first responders who is killed in the line of duty. The insurance would be comparable to the insurance the individual had in life.

Received in the Senate

Oct. 11, 2007

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations