When any person, under the provisions of the constitution and bylaws of the Police Association of Connecticut, is entitled to relief from said association as a police officer injured in the line of duty, or rendered sick by disease contracted while in the line of duty, or as the widow, child or dependent mother of a police officer killed in the line of duty, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, upon the delivery to said commissioner of adequate proof from said association of the right of such person to such relief as aforesaid, process payment for such person or persons entitled to such relief, or their legal representatives, for the amount to which such person or persons may be entitled as relief as aforesaid, provided such orders shall be limited to available appropriations.