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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 2074. Disability retirement

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Eligibility for disability benefits, procedures for application for disability benefits, procedures for the certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits, the authority of the board of trustees to modify disability benefits, and procedures governing the restoration to active service of an employee who formerly had a disability are specifically described and provided for in R.S. 11:201 through 224.

B. (1) The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical Disability Board. The disability benefit shall be determined as follows:

(a) Upon retirement for disability, a member shall receive a retirement allowance if eligible therefor; otherwise, he shall receive a disability benefit which shall be a product of the retirement accrual rate determined pursuant to R.S. 11:2071 multiplied by the member's average compensation further multiplied by creditable service as determined to be the lesser of:

(i) Creditable service earned by the date of the disability application, but totalling not less than fifteen years.

(ii) For projected continued service to age sixty.

(b) In no case shall the disability benefit provided herein exceed two-thirds of earnable compensation.

(2) Any amount received as a compensable wage or a lump sum settlement under the provisions of the workers' compensation laws shall be applied as an offset against benefits received under the provisions of this Subsection, under rules prescribed by the board. The board shall have complete discretion and the authority to determine the extent and application of the provisions of this Subsection.

(3) Members who qualify for retirement under disability may select an Option 2 or 3 as specified in R.S. 11:2076 with their spouse as beneficiary. Such option factors shall be the same as those utilized for regular retirement and shall be based on the age that the member and spouse would have been had the member survived, continued in service, and then retired on the earliest normal retirement date.

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