HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) – Governor Lamont has signed legislation modifying the state’s Fallen Officer Fund to make benefits available for families of all first responders.
The Fallen Officer Fund was created last year to provide survivor benefits to families of fallen police officers.
This new law expands the Fallen Officer Fund to include the families of all first responders, including firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and paramedics.
The fund has been renamed to the Fallen Hero Fund.
The new law also allows the surviving family members of firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics who were covered by that first responder’s health insurance at the time of their own death to remain on that coverage for up to five years.
“All first responders – police officers, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics – face dangers as part of their job duties that put their lives at risk, and whenever we may be faced with a tragedy it is our responsibility as a state to support their families during that horrific time,” Governor Lamont said. “It is my hope that we never have to use this fund, but I appreciate that it is available should the unthinkable happen. I thank Comptroller Sean Scanlon and all the advocates who worked to get this legislation to my desk so that I could sign it into law. Connecticut is proud to support first responders and their families.”
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