Official:Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending Section 22-501 relating to service-connected health care benefits to amend the requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Kenney
Introduced: September 23, 2004
Signed: January 25, 2005
: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends the service-connected health care benefits for police and fire employees' survivors. If a police or fire employee dies in the line of duty, their surviving spouse and children may be eligible for regular payments to cover medical, dental, optical, and pharmaceutical expenses.
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