Sec. 12.7. (a) Upon a petition from a participant, the department, or the commission, the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system, or its designee, shall make the determinations required by section 13 of this chapter and shall also determine:
(1) the degree of impairment of any officer determined to have a disability; and
(2) whether the disability arose in the line of duty (as defined in section 13.5 of this chapter).
(b) The impairment standards contained in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities in effect at the time the application for disability benefits is filed with the board of trustees shall be used to determine the degree of impairment.
(c) To the extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the transcripts, reports, records, and other material generated as a result of a hearing, a review, or an appeal conducted under this chapter to determine the existence of a disability, the cause of a disability, or the degree of impairment shall be:
(1) kept in separate medical files for each member; and
(2) treated as confidential medical records.
As added by P.L.56-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.57; P.L.4-1992, SEC.7; P.L.25-1994, SEC.1; P.L.99-2007, SEC.12; P.L.35-2012, SEC.24.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 10. Public Employee Benefits
5-10-5.5-2. Creation; Investment of Plan Assets
5-10-5.5-2.5. Qualification of Plan Under Internal Revenue Code
5-10-5.5-3. Management; Confidentiality of Retirement Plan Records
5-10-5.5-3.5. Administration of Retirement Plan Consistent With Americans With Disabilities Act
5-10-5.5-4. Participants' Saving Fund; Creation
5-10-5.5-5. Participants; Eligibility
5-10-5.5-6. Transfer of Funds to Savings Fund
5-10-5.5-7. Transfer of Creditable Service; Credit During Disability
5-10-5.5-7.5. Purchase of Service Credit Earned in Certain Indiana Public Retirement Funds
5-10-5.5-8. Contributions; Rate; Payroll Deductions; Employer Pick-Up of Contributions
5-10-5.5-8.5. Submission of Contributions, Reports, and Records Electronically
5-10-5.5-9. Retirement Provisions
5-10-5.5-10. Retirement Allowance
5-10-5.5-12. Early Retirement Allowance; Monthly Installments
5-10-5.5-13. Permanent or Temporary Disability
5-10-5.5-14. Disability Occurring Before July 1, 1987; Allowance; Monthly Installments; Cessation
5-10-5.5-15. Surviving Mothers, Fathers, Spouses, or Unmarried Children; Eligibility for Benefits
5-10-5.5-16. Survivors' Benefits; Death Before February 1, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-16.3. Survivors' Benefits; Other Than Line of Duty Death After January 31, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-16.6. Survivors' Benefits; Line of Duty Death After January 31, 2018; Amount
5-10-5.5-17. Lump Sum Refund of Contributions or Payments
5-10-5.5-18. Termination of Service Before Accumulating 15 Years of Creditable Service
5-10-5.5-19. Public Employees Retirement Fund Law; Applicability
5-10-5.5-21. Increase in Monthly Benefits