An Act amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, further providing for title of act, for application and authority for payment and eligibility and amount of benefit and for definitions.

This bill expands death benefits for first responders whose deaths are linked to on-duty traumatic stress. It creates a legal presumption that firefighters, police officers, EMTs, and National Guard members who die from diagnosed or undiagnosed mental health conditions (like PTSD) related to traumatic incidents (e.g., crime scenes, mass casualties, or exposure to serious injury) were killed in the line of duty. The law updates definitions to include "traumatic event" and "personal injury sustained in the line of duty" for mental health conditions, applying retroactively to all eligible deaths since January 2019. It takes effect in 60 days.