First Responders Retirement Parity Act allows governmental pension plans to include firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics.
The First Responders Retirement Parity Act amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure governmental pension plans can include firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics. This change applies to public safety agencies whose employees primarily perform firefighting or out-of-hospital emergency medical services for state political subdivisions. The amendments also include conforming changes to relevant sections of the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
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