Speaker Amends Death Benefit Bill to Double Existing Time Limit

California Assembly Speaker John A. Perez amended his bill, which would extend the time survivors of a police officer or firefighter who dies from specified conditions can collect death benefits, to double the current deadline.AB 2451 by Perez, a Democrat from Los Angeles, would allow the family to file for death benefits within one year of the date that a firefighter or police officer dies from diseases that are presumed to be job-related, such as cancer or heart attacks, regardless of when the deceased had been out of public safety. Current law requires that a claim for death benefits must b...