Provides accidental death benefit to surviving spouse, surviving child, or surviving parent of a State Police recruit who dies during required pre-service training.
This bill creates a $50,000 accidental death benefit for surviving spouses, children, or parents of New Jersey State Police recruits who die during required pre-service training or related complications. It reclassifies such deaths as occurring "in the line of duty" for benefit purposes, addressing a current gap where recruits aren't covered until after training completion. The benefit is retroactive to the recruit's death date for cases before this law's enactment, with specific payment tiers (e.g., $50,000 minimum for spouses, 70% of final compensation for children if no spouse exists). Survivors have 12 months from the bill's effective date to apply.
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Introduction
Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
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2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Aura Dunn
RRepublican
P
Wayne DeAngelo
DDemocratic
Co
Michele Matsikoudis
RRepublican
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