OH SB219

Allows courts to order termination of disability benefits for public retirement system members convicted of felonies (bribery, theft in office, ethics violations, or related crimes) committed while serving in a position of honor, trust, or profit.

Establishes a mandatory pre-sentencing hearing process where courts determine whether the member's disabling condition arose from commission of the offense; if so, the court orders the retirement system to terminate the disability benefit.

Applies to members of PERS, Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, STRS, SERS, state highway patrol retirement system, and alternative retirement plan participants.

Requires retirement systems to provide medical reports and disability application documents to courts for the hearing and to notify prosecutors when members receiving disability benefits are charged with covered offenses.

Allows recovery of any disability benefits paid prior to termination and expands the definition of "position of honor, trust, or profit" to include positions with control over $100,000 or more in public funds annually (effective upon bill passage).