SB207
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Amend KRS 61.621 to allow a member of a state-administered retirement system who works in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position and who receives a duty-related injury to be eligible for the same minimum retirement benefit provided to members who receive a hazardous disability retirement; amend KRS 61.702 to allow Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) members working in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position who receive a duty-related injury to receive the same health benefit provided to members who receive a hazardous disability retirement; amend KRS 78.5536 to allow County Employees Retirement System (CERS) members working in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position who receive a duty-related injury to receive the same health benefit provided to members who receive a hazardous disability retirement; allow certain persons whose last day of paid employment was on or after January 1, 2022, but prior to the effective date of the Act to apply for benefits; RETROACTIVE.
Introduced: February 18, 2026
Last action: February 25, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill would allow certain public employees who work in jobs that qualify as hazardous but are officially classified as nonhazardous to receive the same retirement and health benefits as hazardous-position employees if they are injured on the job. Currently, those workers may receive lower benefits despite doing comparable work. The bill also applies retroactively to eligible workers whose employment ended on or after January 1, 2022. Who it may affect: state and county government employees working in positions that could be classified as hazardous, including those already retired or separated due to a duty-related injury since January 2022.
Legislative History
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