AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits.

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: February 18, 2026

Last action: February 25, 2026

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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.

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