OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-965
AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR A CERTAIN
MUNICIPAL DISABILITY BENEFIT.
Primary Analyst: AN 4/6/21
Contributing Analyst(s): DD
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Office of the State Comptroller GF - Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Various Municipalities See Below See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill changes the payment formula for optional municipal
disability payments for certain public safety employees and requires
the Medical Examining Board to determine eligibility for such
payments. The bill results in a potential cost to the Office of the State
Comptroller (OSC).
While the new population is unknown, it is anticipated that the bill
will increase the caseload of the medical examining board and may
result in a cost to OSC to hire additional staff or increase the number of
hours paid to physicians currently on the board
1
.
Currently, the medical examining board within OSC adjudicates
approximately 250-300 applications for disability benefits annually.
The bill requires that any individual applying for an optional
1
OSC indicates that physicians on the board are paid at a rate of $100 per hour. 2021SB-00965-R000318-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
municipal disability payment may use the current infrastructure that
employees currently use to apply for disability retirement.
It is not expected that the changes to the payment formula will
materially impact the amount in optional disability payments paid by
municipalities to disabled employees. There is currently a process in
place for such public safety employees to apply to their respective
municipalities for disability payments.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject the number of applications for
municipal disability payments, and the change in disability payouts.