Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/354.48
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Section 354.48
354.471 354.49
2018 Subd. 1 Amended 2018 c 211 art 11 s 10
A member who is totally and permanently disabled, who has not reached the normal retirement age as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 38, and who has at least three years of credited allowable service at the time that the total and permanent disability begins is entitled to a disability benefit based on this allowable service in an amount provided in subdivision 3. If the disabled member's teaching service has terminated at any time, at least two of the required three years of allowable service must have been rendered after last becoming a member.
(a) The disability benefit granted to members covered under section 354.44, subdivision 6, must be computed in the same manner as the annuity provided in section 354.44, subdivision 6. The disability benefit is the formula annuity without the reduction for each month the member is under normal retirement age when the benefit begins to accrue as defined by the law in effect on the last day for which salary is paid.
(b) For the purposes of computing a retirement annuity when the member becomes eligible, the amounts paid for disability benefits must not be deducted from the individual member's accumulated deductions. If the disability benefits provided in this subdivision exceed the monthly average salary of the disabled member, the disability benefits must be reduced to an amount equal to the disabled member's average salary.
A disabled member may elect to receive the normal disability benefit or an optional annuity as provided in section 354.45, subdivision 1. The election of an optional annuity shall be made prior to commencement of payment of the disability benefit and shall be effective and shall begin to accrue on the same date the disability benefit begins to accrue.
(a) The executive director shall have the member examined by at least two licensed physicians, licensed chiropractors, or licensed psychologists.
(b) These physicians, chiropractors, or psychologists with respect to a mental impairment, shall make written reports to the executive director concerning the member's disability, including expert opinions as to whether or not the member is permanently and totally disabled within the meaning of section 354.05, subdivision 14.
(c) The executive director shall also obtain written certification from the last employer stating whether or not the member was separated from service because of a disability which would reasonably prevent further service to the employer and as a consequence the member is not entitled to compensation from the employer.
MS 1981 Supp [Repealed, 1982 c 578 art 3 s 19]
At least once each year during the first five years following the allowance of a disability benefit to any member, and at least once in every three-year period thereafter, the executive director may require the disability recipient to undergo an expert examination by a physician or physicians, by a chiropractor or chiropractors, or by one or more psychologists with respect to a mental impairment, engaged by the executive director. If an examination indicates that the member is no longer permanently and totally disabled or that the member is engaged or is able to engage in a substantial gainful occupation, payments of the disability benefit by the association must be discontinued. The payments must be discontinued as soon as the member is reinstated to the payroll following sick leave, but payment may not be made for more than 60 days after the physicians, the chiropractors, or the psychologists engaged by the executive director find that the person is no longer permanently and totally disabled.
The executive director may contract with an accredited independent organization specializing in disability determinations, licensed physicians, or physicians on the staff of the commissioner of health as designated by the commissioner, to be the medical adviser to the executive director. The medical adviser shall designate licensed physicians, licensed chiropractors, or licensed psychologists with respect to a mental impairment, who shall examine applicants for disability benefits. The medical adviser shall pass upon all expert reports based on any examinations performed in order to determine whether a teacher is totally and permanently disabled as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 14. The medical adviser shall also investigate all health and medical statements and certificates by or on behalf of a teacher in connection with a disability benefit, and shall report in writing to the director setting forth any conclusions and recommendations on all matters referred to the medical adviser.
(b) The disability benefit paid to a person hereunder must terminate at the end of the month in which the person attains the normal retirement age. If the person is still totally and permanently disabled at the beginning of the month next following the month in which the person attains the normal retirement age, the person must be deemed to be on retirement status and, if the person had elected an optional annuity under subdivision 3a, must receive an annuity in accordance with the terms of the optional annuity previously elected, or, if the person had not elected an optional annuity under subdivision 3a, may elect to receive a straight life retirement annuity equal to the disability benefit paid before the date on which the person attains the normal retirement age or reaches the five-year anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit, whichever is later, or may elect to receive an optional annuity as provided in section 354.45, subdivision 1.
(c) Election of an optional annuity must be made within 90 days of the normal retirement age or the five-year anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit, whichever is later.
Subd. 11.Postretirement adjustment eligibility.
Ex1957 c 16 s 10; Ex1959 c 50 s 15; 1961 c 597 s 3; 1963 c 845 s 7; 1969 c 485 s 22,23; 1973 c 728 s 21; 1974 c 289 s 33-35; 1975 c 306 s 20,21; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1981 c 68 s 25,26; 1981 c 160 s 8-10; 1981 c 224 s 113,114; 1982 c 578 art 3 s 4,19; 1984 c 564 s 34,35; 1Sp1985 c 7 s 19-21; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 259 s 37; 1987 c 284 art 6 s 8; 1987 c 372 art 9 s 26; 1989 c 319 art 2 s 18,19; art 13 s 64-66; 1990 c 570 art 12 s 36; 1991 c 340 s 21-25; 1993 c 307 art 5 s 3,4; 1994 c 528 art 3 s 23; 1995 c 141 art 3 s 20; 2000 c 461 art 3 s 37; 2002 c 392 art 11 s 52; 2004 c 267 art 8 s 26-30; 2007 c 134 art 2 s 40; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 66; art 4 s 26,27; 2014 c 296 art 13 s 18; 2015 c 68 art 13 s 35; 2018 c 211 art 11 s 10