HB182
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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…
Introduced: January 7, 2026
Last action: January 14, 2026
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This bill would allow certain public employees in nonhazardous job classifications to qualify for the same disability retirement and health benefits as employees in hazardous positions, if their job could have been certified as hazardous and they were injured in the line of duty. Currently, those workers may receive lesser benefits despite facing similar on-the-job risks. The bill would apply retroactively to eligible workers whose last day of paid employment was on or after January…
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