FINAL BILL REPORT

HB 1010

                                   C 21 L 89

BYRepresentatives Sayan, Patrick, Wang, Wineberry, R. King, Rector, Dellwo, Winsley, Basich and Day

Revising provisions for disability leave supplement for law enforcement officers and fire fighters.

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Law enforcement officers and fire fighters in the LEOFF II system receive a disability supplement to augment the workers' compensation benefits they are paid because of duty-related injury.  The supplement is an amount that, in combination with workers' compensation temporary total disability payments, provides the officer or fire fighter with the same net pay that he or she received for active duty.  The disability supplement cost is shared by the employer and employee.  The supplement payments begin on the sixth day of absence from work.  The program expires on June 30, 1989.

The Legislative Budget Committee reviewed the program in 1987 and reported that the program had minimal financial effects on local governments.

SUMMARY:

The temporary disability leave supplement program for law enforcement officers and fire fighters under LEOFF II is made permanent.  The date on which the disability supplement payments will begin is changed from the sixth day of absence from work to the sixth calendar day after the injury.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 93   0

      Senate    45     0

EFFECTIVE:April 18, 1989