The legislation would create a grant program through the Department of Homeland Security to reimburse state and local first responder agencies for any extraordinary financial burden that resulted from the deployment of one or more of their employees.
The legislation would create a grant program through the
Department of Homeland Security to reimburse state and local first responder
agencies for any extraordinary financial burden that resulted from the
deployment of one or more of their employees.
Eligible reimbursable expenses include: the salary of an individual hired to replace
an employee and overtime expenses for an employee performing tasks that would
have been performed by the deployed employee. The grant program would reimburse
public safety agencies for additional expenses incurred when a police officer,
firefighter, paramedic or EMT who is in the National Guard or Reserves is
deployed for active military duty.
To review the legislation, S. 3719 – click here http://bit.ly/cL9EkH