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IN SB0195
Bill
Status
2/1/2018
Primary Sponsor
Rick Niemeyer
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AI Summary
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Urges the legislative council to assign a study to the interim study committee on pension management oversight regarding the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund
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Requests study of increasing monthly benefits paid to surviving spouses of 1977 fund members who die other than in the line of duty
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Requests study of the disability benefit determination process for 1977 fund members, including whether to use a single independent review board or panel of medical experts for more consistent determinations
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Takes effect immediately upon passage and expires January 1, 2019
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Passed Senate Committee on Pensions and Labor with a 7-0 vote on January 25, 2018
Legislative Description
1977 pension and disability fund study. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on pension management oversight or another appropriate interim study committee the task of studying: (1) an increase in the monthly benefit paid to a surviving spouse of a 1977 fund member who dies other than in the line of duty; and (2) the process by which a 1977 fund member is determined to be entitled to receive a disability benefit, including the advisability of using a single independent review board for disability determinations.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2/6/2018