,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bg1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,peters introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland      
,security ,act of #bjjb to protect the  
health care benefits of retired public  
safety officers1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be   
cited as the ,protect ,health ,care for 
,retired ,public ,safety ,officers ,act 
of #bjai4  #b4 ,protection of health    
care benefits of retired public safety  
officers ,title ,,xx of the ,homeland   
,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#fja et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
section #bjja 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #fja7--     
7,a7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#ab71 
7#ac71 and 7#ad7 as paragraphs 7#ad71   
7#ae71 and 7#af71 respectively2  7,b7 by
 redesignating paragraphs 7#f7 through  
7#aa7 as paragraphs 7#g7 through 7#ab71 

respectively2  7,c7 by inserting after  
paragraph 7#e7 the following3  7#f7     
,health care benefits ,the term health  
care benefits means health1 dental1     
vision1 prescription1 and other         
insurance benefits4  2 and  7,d7 by     
inserting after paragraph 7#ab71 as so  
redesignated1 the following3  7#ac7     
,public safety officer ,the term public 
safety officer means an employee of a   
public agency--  7,a7 who is a law      
enforcement officer1 firefighter1 or an 
emergency medical services responder2   
and  7,b7 whose conditions of employment
 are determined in accordance with a    
collective bargaining agreement4  2 and 
7#b7 in section #bjjd7;b77#b7 7#f       
,u4,s4,c4 #fje7;b77#b77-- 7,a7 in       
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking and at   
the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by 
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7,d7 a written  
certification stating that the ,state   
shall not-- 7i7 unilaterally modify or  

eliminate the health care benefits for a
 public safety officer retiree1 as      
established pursuant to the collective  
bargaining agreement in effect at the   
time of retirement of the public safety 
officer2 or  7ii7 allocate grant funds  
to a local government or ,indian tribe  
that has not certified to the ,state    
that the health care benefits for a     
public safety officer retiree1 as       
established pursuant to the collective  
bargaining agreement in effect at the   
time of retirement of the public safety 
officer1 shall not be unilaterally      
modified or eliminated4  4