To provide policies and procedures for the administration of
certain claims covered by Act 193 of June 28, 1935, P.L. 477, as amended;
53 P.S. § 637 et seq., referred to herein as the Heart and
Lung Act.
This Act covers specified members who are injured in the performance
of their duties and by reason thereof are temporarily incapacitated
from performing their duties. Also, the Act deals with temporary diseases
of the heart and tuberculosis of the respiratory system caused by
extreme overexertion in times of stress and danger or by exposure
to heat, smoke, fumes or gases arising directly out of the employment
of any such member. The Act applies to all enlisted members of the
Police and Fire Department who have served four years of consecutive
or continuous service. All other diseases arising in the performance
of duties are excluded from the scope of this Act.
City Council shall determine the acceptance, rejection, termination,
and modification of claims for Heart and Lung Act benefits for the
temporary disabilities covered by this article.
The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings given to them in this section, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise: