Concerning benefits relating to members of the municipal fire and police retirement system, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

15A as provided in the bill.6(5), concerning accidental disability benefits, is amended to allow an ordinary disability beneficiary to make application to the retirement system for an accidental disability retirement benefit. The subsection is further amended to provide that a person is entitled to pay and allowances if determined to be temporarily incapacitated prior to an accidental disability retirement determination and for an accidental disability retirement if the person has become totally and permanently incapacitated as a result of injury and disease arising out of and in the course of the employment and by the actual performance of duty without regard to whether that actual performance of duty was at some definite time and place. The subsection is also amended to provide that disease for purposes of an accidental disability benefit also means any incapacitating mental disorder arising out of and in the course of the employment, or while acting, pursuant to order, outside the city by which the member is regularly employed.6(6), providing for a retirement allowance upon retirement for accidental disability, is amended to provide that an ordinary disability beneficiary who is determined to be entitled to a retirement for accidental disability shall receive a retirement allowance that shall consist of the greater of an amount as determined for members receiving an accidental disability retirement or an amount equal to the disability retirement allowance previously received by the beneficiary.6(9), concerning accidental death benefits, is amended to provide that an accidental death benefit shall also be paid if the death was as a result of injury and disease arising out of and in the course of the employment or by the actual performance of duty without regard to whether that actual performance of duty was at some definite time and place.19, or other comparable process. The bill provides for the repayment of benefits paid prior to the determination of ineligibility.55 percent of pay beginning July 1, 2021.15, concerning cities’ requirement to provide hospitalization and medical attention for injuries or diseases while on duty, is amended to provide that such attention shall also be provided for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment.6, subsection 6. The Code section is further amended to provide that a member shall not be required to pay the cost of hospital, nursing, and medical attention required, including payment of any costs or premiums associated with any insurance policy providing coverage. The bill further provides that to be provided the cost of the hospital, nursing, and medical attention, the city shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of an injury or disease or be provided notice of the occurrence of an injury or disease on behalf of a member or beneficiary within days from the date of the occurrence of the injury or disease. The bill provides that an action to require the city to provide the cost of the hospital, nursing, and medical attention shall not be maintained unless the action is commenced within two years from the date of the occurrence of the injury or disease or two years from the date the city denies a claim to provide hospital, nursing, and medical attention, whichever last occurs.15A provides that a member of a police or fire department of a city shall be granted a leave of absence without loss of pay and benefits if the member may have been exposed to an infectious disease and is required to be quarantined. The new Code section provides that compensation provided under this Code section shall be from the city’s general fund or trust and agency fund. This new Code section takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2020.3.2, subsection 3, to this new Code section which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in this new Code section.