SB 795

This bill makes the following changes to laws administered by the Department

of Military Affairs:

1. Requires DMA to continue paying a member of the national guard or state

defense force who is injured in the performance of his or her duties while on state

active duty. Continuation of pay for a member is at a rate equal to the rate of pay

the member was receiving at the time of the injury. The bill provides that a member

may receive continuation of pay only until the member is able to return to state active

duty or the member's state active duty is terminated. Under the bill, the Department

of Administration administers the continuation of pay for injured members of the

national guard and state defense force in the same manner DOA administers

continuation of pay for state employees.

2. Requires that DMA pay a death gratuity in the amount of $100,000 to the

designated beneficiary of a member of the national guard or state defense force who

dies from an accidental injury while performing services growing out of and

incidental to the member's employment on state active duty. Current law provides

that the Department of Workforce Development pay a special death benefit, in an

amount not less than $50,000, to the dependents of a member of the national guard

or state defense force who dies from an accidental injury while performing services

growing out of and incidental to the member's service on state active duty. Under the

bill, DWD does not pay that special death benefit for national guard or state defense

force members.

3. Extends eligibility for reemployment rights of individuals returning from

active state service to non-state residents and to individuals whose active state

service occurred in a territory of the United States. Current law affords such

reemployment rights for state residents whose active state service occurred in this

or another state.