Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2 and Title 8, Chapter 27.

Present law entitles the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty to receive a $250,000 annuity, with the estate receiving an annual installment of $50,000 for five years. Payments must be made from the state general fund. "Emergency responder" means a firefighter, a volunteer rescue squad worker, or law enforcement officer.<br /> <br /> Under present law, if a local government offers health insurance benefits to first responders, the local government may offer or continue to provide health insurance benefits to the surviving spouse and children, including any unborn child, of a first responder killed in the line of duty for a period not to exceed two years after the death of the first responder. The state must reimburse any local government that provides health insurance benefits in an amount equal to that portion of health insurance premiums and benefits for which the local government is responsible under the health insurance policy "First responder" means paid, full-time law enforcement officers and firefighters who are employed by a local government in this state.<br /> <br /> This bill extends the $250,000 annuity to the estate of an emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician advanced, or paramedic who is killed in the line of duty. This bill also authorizes local governments to continue to provide health insurance as described above to the surviving spouse and children of an emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician advanced, or paramedic killed in the line of duty.<br /> <br />