SB 82 INSURANCE FOR SEARCH & RESCUE VOLUNTEERS

Sen Jeff Steinborn

Actions: [1] SCC/SHPAC/SJC-SCC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 Senate Bill 82 (SB 82) requires the Risk Management Division to maintain an insurance policy that covers search and rescue volunteers.  

 Senate Bill 82 (SB 82) enacts a new section of the Search and Rescue Act to require the Risk Management Division to maintain an accident and insurance policy that covers search and rescue volunteers. A “search and rescue volunteer” is an unpaid person who is registered with the state search and rescue control agency as having volunteered on a search and rescue mission. 

The bill requires that the policy include a minimum of $150,000 for death or dismemberment and $50,000 for medical expenses related to injuries.  These amounts are for search and rescue volunteers for incidents that occur during an authorized search and rescue mission or training exercise.