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Sponsor Statement for CSHB 480 (STA)
State Employee Death/Survivor Benefits

An Act providing that the death of a state employee killed because of their job status off the job site shall be considered an occupational death for purposes of survivor's pension benefits.

We have State of Alaska employees who are at varying levels of risk of assault because of the very nature of their work. Family caseworkers, investigators, building inspectors, and even teachers, have responsibilities that cause some citizens to have misdirected anger and resentment.

Our state laws allow for occupational death benefits for the families of Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and Teacher Retirement System (TRS) when employees are killed while in the performance, and within the scope of, their duties.

However, the family of an employee that is killed off their job site, but because of their work, would only be eligible to receive lesser non-occupational death benefits.

HB 480 corrects this oversight by providing occupational death benefits for the families of these state employees.

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