§ 5-10-17-5 — Disability insurance programs authorized; elimination period; self-insurance; exclusions; fiscal body approval

Indiana § 5-10-17-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 10: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
• Ch. 17: Emergency Medical Services Provider Disability

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(a) A municipal corporation may provide
programs of disability insurance to its emergency medical services
providers who become disabled as the result of an injury or illness:
(1) that is not covered by:
(A) worker's compensation (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6); or
(B) worker's occupational diseases compensation (IC 22-3-7);
or
(2) for which coverage under worker's compensation or worker's
occupational diseases compensation has been exhausted.
(b) A program established under subsection (a) may not have an
elimination or waiting period of greater than the following before a
benefit begins:
(1) Thirty (30) days, for a short term disability program.
(2) One hundred twenty (120) days, for a long term disability
program.
(c) A municipal corporation may provide the programs of disability
insurance described in subsection (a) through either of the following:
(1) By purchasing policies of group insurance.
(2) By establishing self-insurance programs.
(d) A municipal corporation may exclude from coverage under a
program of disability insurance an emergency medical services
provider who:
(1) is a part-time employee (as defined by the municipal
corporation); or
(2) provides services to the municipal corporation under a
contract.
(e) The establishment of a self-insurance program under this section
is subject to the approval of the municipal corporation's fiscal body.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.