Connecticut HB 5274: AN ACT CONCERNING STATE MARSHALS ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION WHILE PERFORMING DUTIES ON BEHALF OF THE STATE AND ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE WHILE OUT ON CERTAIN LEAVE.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 5274  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE MARSHALS ELIGIBILITY FOR 
WORKERS' COMPENSATION WHILE PERFORMING DUTIES ON 
BEHALF OF THE STATE AND ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE 
WHILE OUT ON CERTAIN LEAVE.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Section  5-142a  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2 
Any [high  sheriff,  chief  deputy  sheriff,  deputy  sheriff  or  special 3 
deputy  sheriff] state  marshal who  suffers  death,  disability  or  injury, 4 
while in performance of any duty for which he is compensated by the 5 
state,  shall,  for  the  purposes  of  section  5-142  and  chapter  568,  be 6 
presumed to be an employee of the state and shall be compensated by 7 
the state in accordance with said section and chapter. 8 
Sec.  2.  Section  31-310a  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 9 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 10 
(a)  For  purposes  of  compensation  the  average  weekly  wage  of  a 11 
supernumerary policeman or state marshal shall be construed to be the 12 
average   weekly   earnings   of   production   and   related   workers   in 13 
manufacturing in the state as determined by the Labor Commissioner in 14 
accordance with the provisions of section 31-309. 15 

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(b) For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  compensation  shall  not  be 16 
prorated because of other employment by a supernumerary policeman 17 
or state marshal. 18 
(c) For the purpose of determining compensation payable under this 19 
chapter  for  death,  disability  or  injury  incurred  by  volunteer  police 20 
officers, the average weekly wage of such officers shall be the average 21 
production wage in the state as determined by the Labor Commissioner 22 
under the provisions of section 31-309. 23 
Sec.  3.  Subsection  (l)  of  section  5-259 of  the  2026  supplement  to  the 24 
general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu 25 
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 26 
(l) (1) Effective   July   1,   1996,   any   deputies   or   special   deputies 27 
appointed  pursuant  to  section  6-37  of  the  general  statutes,  revision  of 28 
1958, revised to 1999, or section 6-43, shall be allowed to participate in 29 
the plan or plans procured by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection 30 
(a)  of  this  section.  Such  participation  shall  be  voluntary  and  the 31 
participant shall pay the full cost of the coverage under such plan. 32 
(2) (A) Effective October 1, 2025, any state marshal who  works as a 33 
state marshal for fewer than twenty hours per week, on average, shall 34 
be   allowed   to   participate   in   the   plan   or   plans   procured   by   the 35 
Comptroller    pursuant    to    subsection    (a)    of    this    section.    Such 36 
participation  shall  be  voluntary  and  the  participant  shall  pay  the  full 37 
cost of the coverage under such plan. 38 
(B) Effective  October  1,  2025,  any  state  marshal  who  (i)  works  as  a 39 
state marshal at least twenty hours per week, on average, on a quarterly 40 
basis,  (ii)  is  actively  engaged  in  either  (I)  service  of  process  under  a 41 
waiver of fees issued pursuant to section 52-259b, (II) service of process 42 
of orders of protection issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a, or 43 
(III)  service  of  capias  mittimus  orders  issued  by  a  family  support 44 
magistrate  pursuant  to  section  46b-231,  (iii)  certifies  to  those  facts  in 45 
clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph on forms provided by and filed 46 
with  the  State  Marshal  Commission  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of 47 

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April, July, October and January for the preceding calendar quarter, and 48 
(iv) does not have access to coverage under a health benefit plan that is 49 
available  (I)  through  the  employer  of  such  state  marshal's  spouse, 50 
provided  such  health  benefit  plan  has  an  actuarial  value  that  is 51 
equivalent  to  or  greater  than  the  actuarial  value  of  the  plan  or  plans 52 
procured by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 53 
and  provides  similar  access  to  in-network  providers  as  such  plan  or 54 
plans  procured  by  the  Comptroller  and  is  available  at  an  employee 55 
premium share, with respect to each class of coverage, that is not greater 56 
than  the  premium  shares  applicable  to  active  state  employees  in 57 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  State  Employees  Bargaining 58 
Agent  Coalition  agreement,  or  (II)  through  the  municipal  employees' 59 
retirement system established by part II of chapter 113 sh