Arizona Revised Statutes Title 38. Public Officers and Employees § 38-870.06. Disability program benefit

A. The local board shall follow the same procedures and method as prescribed in § 38-844, for a participant who is employed by an employer as defined in § 38-842, and § 38-886, for a participant who is employed by an employer as defined in § 38-881, to determine eligibility for and continuation of a disability benefit and in computing the amount available to the participant. A participant is not eligible for a disability benefit under this article for an ordinary disability as defined in § 38-881. A participant is not eligible for a disability benefit under this article for an ordinary disability as defined in § 38-842.

B. A participant, as defined in § 38-865, paragraph 7, subdivision (a), item (i), who meets the requirements for a disability pension as prescribed in § 38-844, except for an ordinary disability, shall receive a monthly disability benefit equal to a monthly disability pension that would be provided to a public safety personnel retirement system member who is hired on or after July 1, 2017, reduced by an amount equal to the monthly annuitized value of the participant's annuity account under article 4.1 of this chapter  1 that does not include a cost-of-living adjustment, as determined by the board. A participant, as defined in § 38-865, paragraph 7, subdivision (b), who meets the requirements for a disability pension as prescribed in § 38-886, except for an ordinary disability, shall receive a monthly disability benefit equal to a monthly disability pension that would be provided to a corrections officer retirement plan member who is hired on or after July 1, 2018, reduced by an amount equal to the monthly annuitized value of the participant's annuity account under article 4.1 of this chapter that does not include a cost-of-living adjustment, as determined by the board. In determining the monthly annuitized offset value of the participant's annuity account under article 4.1 of this chapter to be used in reducing the disability benefit paid pursuant to this section, the board shall instruct its actuary to calculate the monthly payment that would be paid to the participant assuming the participant had elected a straight life annuity commencing on the participant's date of disability, using the mortality and interest factors then used by the actuary in determining the valuation of the public safety personnel retirement system or the corrections officer retirement plan, as applicable.