Ind. Code ch. 5-10-18

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Ind. Code § 5-10-18-1 "Dies in the line of duty"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dies in the line of duty" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-10-10-2(a). As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 5-10-18-2 "Employer"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "employer" means any of the following: (1) The state (as defined in IC 4-15-17-3). (2) A state educational institution (as defined in IC 21-7-13-32). (3) A postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution. (4) An operator (as defined in IC 5-23-2-8). (5) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2: (A) that is established and operated under IC 16-22-2, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23; or (B) that is not: (i) a unit of state or local government; or (ii) owned or operated by a unit of state or local government. (6) A school corporation (as defined in IC 20-43-1-23). (7) An airport authority (as defined in IC 8-22-1-4). (8) A local unit public employer located in a county containing a consolidated city. As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 5-10-18-3 "Public safety officer"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public safety officer" means any of the following: (1) An excise police officer. (2) A conservation enforcement officer. (3) A gaming agent or a gaming control officer of the Indiana gaming commission (established by IC 4-33-3-1). (4) A state educational institution police officer appointed under IC 21-39-4. (5) A police officer who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that appoints a police officer under IC 21-17-5. (6) A firefighter who is employed by the fire department of a state university. (7) A firefighter who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that: (A) maintains a fire department; (B) employs firefighters for the fire department; and (C) is accredited by the North Central Association. (8) A firefighter who is employed by an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport that: (A) maintains a fire department; and (B) employs firefighters for the fire department. (9) A school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16. (10) A hospital police officer appointed under IC 16-18-4. (11) A police officer employed under IC 8-22-3-34 by: (A) a local airport authority; or (B) an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport. (12) A park ranger who: (A) completed at least the number of weeks of training at the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state that were required at the time the park ranger attended the Indiana law enforcement academy or the law enforcement academy in another state; (B) graduated from the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state; and (C) is employed by a local unit public employer located in a county containing a consolidated city. (13) A department of homeland security fire investigator. As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.170-2022, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 5-10-18-4 Required offer of health coverage; duration

Sec. 4. (a) If an employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after December 31, 2017, offers health coverage for active employees, the employer shall offer to provide and pay for health coverage under the health coverage plan provided for active employees for the surviving spouse and each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child of the public safety officer. (b) The health coverage for a surviving natural child, stepchild, or adopted child of the public safety officer provided under subsection (a) continues: (1) until the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age; (2) until the child becomes twenty-three (23) years of age, if the child is: (A) enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary school; or (B) a full-time student at an accredited college or university; or (3) during the entire period of the child's physical or mental disability; whichever period is longest. (c) If the employer of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after December 31, 2017, offers health coverage to active employees, the health coverage that the employer provides to a surviving spouse and each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child of the public safety officer under subsection (a) must be equal to that offered to active employees. (d) The employer's offer to provide and pay for health coverage under subsection (a) must remain open as long as the employer continues to offer health coverage for active employees, and: (1) the surviving spouse is eligible for the health coverage under subsection (a); or (2) a natural child, a stepchild, or an adopted child of the public safety officer is eligible for the health coverage under subsections (a) and (b). As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2.

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