The Alabama bill would expand the benefits of the wilderness firefighter

Lawmakers in Alabama are scheduled for Feb. 2 to consider a bill that would extend the Court of First Instance's right to disability or death benefits to wilderness firefighters employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who meet certain conditions.

H.B. 94 would also specify that a volunteer firefighter or a member of an organized rescue team who dies of cardiac arrest, cerebrovascular accident or pulmonary edema within 24 hours of preparing to respond, respond or serve in their capacity in an emergency or exercise would probably be considered dead in the performance of his or her duties. The bill would be retroactive from January 1, 2019.

H.B. is also pre-formulated and scheduled for first reading on 2 February. 31

, which would revise certain definitions related to captive insurance companies licensed and regulated by the Alabama Department of Insurance. It would authorize a branch insurance company to combine insurance operations conducted in Alabama with operations conducted in foreign jurisdictions, subject to the approval of the commissioner. The bill, which would enter into force two months after it became law, would also revise certain security requirements for the payment of debts attributable to branch operations. Catalog

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