HF4017 Summary

• Authorizes Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to provide disability assessments for public pension plans, expanding from physician-only requirements.

• Allows employees to purchase military service credit under Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) plans, with purchases limited to five cumulative years and subject to interest payments.

• Adds Department of Human Services positions to MSRS correctional plan coverage and permits transfer of service credit between MSRS general and correctional plans.

• Permits surviving spouses to purchase vesting service and receive pensions from MSRS general plan; reinstates segmented annuities for Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) plans.

• Excludes Duluth Transit Authority union employees from PERA membership while providing vesting credit to non-union employees; temporarily suspends earnings limitations for reemployed retired teachers through 2026.