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ME LD1638

Bill

Status

Passed

6/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jill Duson

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Origin

Senate

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the requirement that Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) disability retirement benefits be reduced when a beneficiary also receives Social Security disability benefits

  • Maintains the existing offset for workers' compensation benefits, which will continue to reduce MainePERS disability payments

  • Applies retroactively to January 1, 2024 for individuals who were receiving disability retirement benefits as of December 31, 2024 and had their benefits reduced due to Social Security disability payments

  • Requires affected beneficiaries to be paid the difference between what they would have received without the Social Security offset and what they actually received, plus 6.5% interest from January 1, 2024

  • Signed into law by the Governor on June 11, 2025 as Public Law Chapter 270

Legislative Description

An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

State Retirement System

Last Action

PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

6/9/2025

Committee Referrals

Labor4/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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