HARRISBURG – Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) and Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will unveil legislation to improve care for the families of fallen first responders on Wednesday, March 26, at 10 a.m. in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Media Center, Harrisburg.
Bryan’s Law would provide emergency and law enforcement personnel with post-traumatic stress injury-related death benefits. The bill is named for Bryan Gray, a Pennsylvania State Trooper and a former Green Beret. Gray died by suicide from the weight of his first responder experiences.
Speakers will include:
- Bartolotta
- Santarsiero
- Emily Chau Gray, widower of Pennsylvania State Trooper Bryan Gray
- Rep. Melissa Cerrato
- Rep. Jen O’Mara
- Rep. Brian Munroe
- Rep. Perry Warren
- Robert Brooks, president of the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association
- Gary Watters, president of the Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania
- Charles Bailey, vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police
The hearing will be livestreamed here.
CONTACT: Katrina Hanna, 717-787-1463, (Bartolotta’s office)
Beth Marshall, 215-497-9490 (Santarsiero’s office)