The provisions of the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act, chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, and any benefits payable thereunder shall apply and be payable to any persons dispatched to another state pursuant to Article VI of the Compact. If the persons so dispatched are officers or employees of any political subdivision of this State, they are entitled to the same compensation or other benefits in case of injury or death to which they would have been entitled had such injury or death occurred while coping with a nuclear incident in their respective jurisdictions and in their regular employment.