§ 305 — Compensation provided

§ 305. Compensation provided. The schedule of special compensation for\ncivil defense volunteers under this article is hereby established as\nfollows:\n (1) Total disability. In case of total disability, sixty-six and\ntwo-thirds per centum of average weekly wages computed under the\nprovisions of section fourteen shall be paid to the civil defense\nvolunteer during continuance of such disability, up to a maximum period\nof disability of five years from the date of injury.\n (2) Permanent partial disability. In case of disability partial in\ncharacter but permanent in quality, such percentage of sixty-six and\ntwo-thirds per centum of average weekly wages computed under the\nprovisions of section fourteen as the percentage of impairment bears to\ntotal disability, shall be paid to the civil defense volunteer during\ncontinuance of such disability, up to a maximum period of disability of\nfive years from the date of injury.\n (3) Medical care and chiropractic care. Necessary medical,\nchiropractic and other attendance and treatment as set forth in section\nthirteen shall be provided, subject to the provisions of sections\nthirteen-a to thirteen-j inclusive and thirteen-l; but the aggregate\ncost of all such attendance and treatment shall not exceed the sum of\nfour thousand dollars in a case of total disability or of permanent\npartial disability or in a case of total disability with subsequent or\nprior permanent partial disability, nor one thousand dollars in a case\nof temporary partial disability without subsequent or prior total\ndisability.\n (4) Death. Compensation shall be paid in the amount, and to and for\nthe benefit of persons, as follows:\n (a) Actual funeral expenses in a reasonable sum not exceeding seven\nhundred and fifty dollars to a person or persons and in manner as\nprovided in section sixteen subdivision one.\n (b) If there be a surviving dependent wife or dependent husband and no\nsurviving child of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, to such\ndependent wife or dependent husband forty per centum of the average\nwages of the deceased as defined in section sixteen subdivision five\nduring widowhood or widowerhood; provided that the total amount payable\nshall in no case exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such\nwages or be paid for any period which, when combined with other benefits\nprovided under this article in the event of disability preceding death,\nshall extend more than five years from the date of injury.\n (c) If there be a surviving dependent wife or dependent husband and\nalso a surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of\neighteen years, to such dependent wife or dependent husband thirty per\ncentum of such average wages of the deceased during widowhood or\nwidowerhood, and the additional amount of twenty per centum of such\nwages for each such child, but not after the child shall have attained\nthe age of eighteen years; provided that the total amount payable shall\nin no case exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages or\nbe paid for any period which, when combined with other benefits provided\nunder this article in the event of disability preceding death, shall\nextend more than five years from the date of injury.\n (d) If there be a surviving child or children of the deceased under\nthe age of eighteen years, but no surviving dependent wife or dependent\nhusband, then for the support of each such child but not after such\nchild shall have attained the age of eighteen years, thirty per centum\nof such average wages of the deceased; provided that the total amount\npayable shall in no case exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of\nsuch wages or be paid for a period which, when combined with other\nbenefits provided under this article in the event of disability\npreceding death, shall extend more than five years from the date of\ninjury.\n (e) If there be no surviving dependent wife or dependent husband and\nno surviving child or children under the age of eighteen, no payment\nshall be made to the special funds established under the provisions of\nsection fifteen and twenty-five-a of this chapter nor to any person,\nexcept only for funeral expenses as provided in subdivision four of this\nsection.\n