An Act To Allow Members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program To Reapply for Disability Retirement Benefits after Denial and To Allow the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System To Offer Long-term Disability Insurance Coverage
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1463
Committee Amendment CA_A_H517 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A" to H.P. 1004, L.D. 1463, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow Members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program To Reapply for 
Disability Retirement Benefits after Denial and To Allow the Board of Trustees of the 
Maine Public Employees Retirement System To Offer Long-term Disability Insurance 
Coverage" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Allow Members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement 
Program To Reapply for Disability Retirement Benefits after Denial and To Direct 
the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System To 
Explore the Feasibility of Offering Long-term Disability Insurance Coverage' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in § 17925 in subsection 5 in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 
1, lines 29 and 30 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "or other medical conditions" 
and inserting the following: 'only' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 (page 1, lines 34 and 35 and page 2, 
lines 1 to 10 in L.D.) 
Amend the bill in section 3 in subsection 5 in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 2, lines 13 
and 14 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "or other medical conditions" and inserting 
the following: 'only' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 4 (page 2, lines 18 to 31 in L.D.) 
Amend the bill in section 5 in the 2nd to 4th lines (page 2, lines 33 to 35 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 423, 
subchapter 7 and Title 5, chapter 425, subchapter 7" 
Amend the bill in section 5 in the 3rd line from the end (page 3, line 6 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "appropriations and financial affairs" and inserting the 
following: 'retirement matters' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 6 (page 3, lines 9 to 11 in L.D.) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
ROFS 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1004, L.D. 1463 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the provisions in the bill that provide that a denial of a 
disability retirement benefit application to the Maine Public Employees Retirement 
System does not bar the filing and approval of a subsequent application for different 
medical conditions if the applicant has returned to service with an employer covered 
under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. 
This amendment also strikes the provisions of the bill that authorize the Board of 
Trustees of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, beginning January 5, 2017, 
to procure and offer long-term disability insurance to the retirement system's members 
and nonmembers who participate in the retirement system's defined contribution plan. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/08/16 
;Wac:. 
LD 1463 
LR2230(02) 
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An Act To Allow Members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program To Reapply for 
Disability Retirement Benefits after Denial and To Allow the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public 
Employees Retirement System To Offer Long-term Disability Insurance Coverage 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''A' ( \,\- 5 It) 
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Maine Public Employees Retirement System 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) to conduct the required feasibility 
study and submit the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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