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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 965
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING EL IGIBILITY FOR A CERTAIN MUNICIPAL
DISABILITY BENEFIT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-460d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or of any 3
charter or special act, a municipality may, by two-thirds vote of its 4
legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a 5
town meeting, by two-thirds vote of the board of selectmen, provide for 6
[compensation] payment by such municipality, in accordance with 7
[subsection (b)] the provisions of this section, [by such municipality] of 8
a disability benefit to a retired public safety employee [(1) with a 9
permanent and severe disability caused by a serious bodily injury which 10
(A) arose out of and in the course of his or her employment as a public 11
safety employee, and (B) was suffered in the line of duty and within the 12
scope of his or her employment as a public safety employee, (2) who 13
retired from service as a public safety employee as a result of such 14
disability, and (3)] who (1) while a public safety employee, became 15 Raised Bill No. 965
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permanently disabled as a result of an injury received while in the 16
performance of his or her duty as a public safety employee, (2) became 17
and remains totally disabled for any suitable and comparable job as a 18
public safety employee as a result of such disability and has accordingly 19
retired from service as a public safety employee, (3) is under the age of 20
sixty-five, and (4) is determined to be eligible pursuant to subsection (b) 21
of this section. As used in this section, "public safety employee" means 22
a [retired] uniformed member of such municipality's paid fire 23
department or a [retired] regular member of such municipality's paid 24
police department. 25
(b) (1) A retired public safety employee seeking the disability benefit 26
described in this section shall apply for and receive an initial, and each 27
subsequent, determination of eligibility for such disability benefit in the 28
same manner as provided for determinations of eligibility under section 29
7-432 for disability retirement and for a disability retirement allowance. 30
(2) In the case of a municipality that has accepted the provisions of 31
part II of chapter 133, any eligibility determination for the disability 32
benefit described in this section may be made together with any 33
eligibility determination for disability retirement and for a disability 34
retirement allowance under section 7-432. 35
(3) Each determination of eligibility for the disability benefit 36
described in this section shall be reported to the chief executive officer, 37
legislative body and treasurer of the applicable municipality. 38
[(b)] (c) [The compensation paid to any public safety employee 39
described in subsection (a) of this section shall be in an amount equal to] 40
Upon a report under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section that 41
a retired public safety employee is eligible to receive the disability 42
benefit described in this section, the treasurer of the applicable 43
municipality shall calculate the amount of such disability benefit as the 44
difference between (1) the total [payment] annualized amount of 45
benefits received by such retired public safety employee under [the 46
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and (2) the regular rate, as defined in section 31-76b, of pay of such 48
retired public safety employee at the time of his or her retirement [. 49
Upon approval by the legislative body or board of selectmen, as 50
applicable, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, such 51
compensation] as a result of permanent and total disability, provided 52
such retired public safety employee shall provide the treasurer with any 53
financial documentation the treasurer deems necessary to make such 54
calculation. 55
(d) The disability benefit described in this section shall be paid 56
annually, in monthly installments, to such retired public safety 57
employee and shall continue while such retired public safety employee 58
remains permanently and totally disabled, as described in subdivisions 59
(1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section and as determined in 60
accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, until 61
such retired public safety employee attains the age of sixty-five. 62
[(c) A municipality providing for compensation in accordance with 63
this section shall establish procedures for the evaluation of any retired 64
public safety employee considered for such compensation to determine 65
such person's eligibility.] 66
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 7-460d
Statement of Purpose:
To require that certain retired public safety employees apply to an
existing medical examining board for a determination of eligibility to
receive a certain municipal disability benefit.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]