AN ACT relating to disability retirement benefits in the County Employees Retirement System.

Amend KRS 78.5522 to allow for the 5 year service requirement for disability retirement to be waived for a person who works in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position who is injured in line of duty resulting in an incapacity to continue as an employee in the position that could be certified as hazardous; allow certain persons whose last day of paid employment was on or after January 1, 2022, but prior to the effective date of this Act to apply for disability benefits; RETROACTIVE.

Introduced: March 4, 2026

Last action: March 11, 2026

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This bill changes the rules for disability retirement in the County Employees Retirement System. Currently, employees must have at least 5 years of service to qualify for disability retirement benefits, but this bill would waive that requirement for workers in certain positions who are injured on the job and can no longer continue working. The change would also apply retroactively to eligible employees whose last day of paid work was on or after January 1,…

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