§ 5-10-8-25 — Disability plans; correctional officer

Indiana § 5-10-8-25

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 10: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
• Ch. 8: Group Insurance for Public Employees

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(a) This section applies to a correctional
officer employed by the department of correction who is injured after
June 30, 2022.
(b) For purposes of this section, "qualified wages" means:
(1) the number of hours that a correctional officer is typically
scheduled to work during a pay period, as determined by the
department of correction; multiplied by
(2) the injured employee's rate of pay as of the date of the injury.
(c) The plans adopted under section 7(d) of this chapter must
provide on a biweekly basis, after a seven (7) day elimination period,
one hundred percent (100%) of qualified wages for an employee who
is disabled by injuries resulting from tortious acts, as distinguished
from passive negligence, that occur within the employee's scope of
state employment.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.119-2022, SEC.2.