Provides accidental disability benefits to police who contract COVID-19 under certain circumstances.
This New Jersey bill (S 2636) provides full accidental disability benefits to police officers who permanently and totally disabled from contracting COVID-19 between June 5, 2021, and January 31, 2022. To qualify, officers must have contracted the virus while working outside their home and be permanently disabled as a direct result. The bill retroactively applies to the specified dates and ensures these benefits do not reduce other legally available worker protections. It specifically targets police officers, not all public safety workers, under strict eligibility conditions.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
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