The proposed bill, SB1667, amends the definitions of "killed in the line of duty" within the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) and the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP) to include members who died by suicide, provided they had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This change allows the surviving spouse or dependent of such members to receive benefits that were previously not available for suicides, aligning the treatment of PTSD-related suicides with other line-of-duty deaths.

Current law explicitly states that suicides do not qualify as deaths "killed in the line of duty," which excludes these cases from receiving the same benefits as those who die from injuries sustained while performing their duties. The new bill language modifies this by including suicides linked to PTSD, thereby expanding eligibility for benefits to the families of affected members. Additionally, the bill makes technical changes to existing statutes but does not anticipate any fiscal impact on the state General Fund.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 38-846, 38-888, 38-845