SB244 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Bill Holtzclaw
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: National Guard, active military service, compensation for injury or death, coverage under State Employees Injury Compensation Fund, Sec.36-29A-1 am'd; Sec. 31-2-85 repealed. (2012-20142)
Description: Under existing law, members of the Alabama National Guard or Alabama State Defense Force, who as a direct result of active military state service are wounded, injured, disabled, or killed, are entitled to receive medical care and other compensation for injury, disability, or death.
Payment of any claim is paid through appropriations to the State Military Department. State employees who are injured or suffer death on the job are covered under the State Employees Injury Compensation Program operated by the Division of Risk Management of the State Finance Department.
This bill would provide that members of the Alabama National Guard or Alabama State Defense Force who are injured or suffer death as a direct result of active military service would be covered under the State Employees Injury Compensation Program in the same manner as state employees and the existing law would be repealed. This bill also provides authority for the Military Department to pay medical expenses for members of the National Guard or Alabama State Defense Force who become ill during or have minor injuries as a direct result of active military service for the state before entering the State Employees Injury Compensation Program.
Subjects: Military