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

Indiana Statutes

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

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

(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

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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.

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