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MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-110 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-110 - Accidental Disability Retirement -- Allowance

    (a)    This section does not apply to the State Police Retirement System.    (b)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an accidental disability retirement allowance equals the lesser of:        (1)    the member’s average final compensation; or        (2)    the sum of:            (i)    an annuity that is the actuarial equivalent of the member’s accumulated contributions at retirement; and            (ii)    a pension equal to two-thirds of the member’s average final compensation.    (c)    (1)    This subsection applies to a member of a State system other than the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System who is at least normal retirement age.        (2)    An accidental disability retirement allowance equals the greater of:            (i)    a normal service retirement allowance; or            (ii)    an accidental disability retirement allowance computed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.    (d)    (1)    This subsection applies only to a member of the Employees’ Pension System who:            (i)    is promoted within the Department of Corrections to a position that no longer is eligible for membership in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System as provided in § 25-201 of this article;            (ii)    elects not to transfer the years of creditable service the individual accrued in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System to the Employees’ Pension System; and            (iii)    is eligible to receive a vested allowance from the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System.        (2)    A member may receive an accidental disability retirement allowance under this section if the member:            (i)    does not elect to receive a vested allowance from the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System; and            (ii)    transfers the member’s accumulated contributions in the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System to the Employees’ Pension System.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-111 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-111 - Special Disability Retirement -- State Police Retirement System

    (a)    This section applies to the State Police Retirement System.    (b)    Except as provided in § 24–401.1(k) of this article, the Board of Trustees shall grant a special disability retirement allowance to a member if:        (1)    the member is totally and permanently incapacitated for duty arising out of or in the course of the actual performance of duty without willful negligence by the member; and        (2)    the medical board certifies that:            (i)    the member is totally incapacitated, either mentally or physically, for the further performance of duty;            (ii)    the incapacity is likely to be permanent; and            (iii)    the member should be retired.    (c)    Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a special disability retirement allowance equals the lesser of:        (1)    the member’s average final compensation; or        (2)    the sum of:            (i)    an annuity that is the actuarial equivalent of the member’s accumulated contributions at retirement; and            (ii)    a pension equal to two–thirds of the member’s average final compensation.    (d)    (1)    This subsection applies to a member who is at least normal retirement age.        (2)    A special disability retirement allowance equals the greater of:            (i)    a normal service retirement allowance; or            (ii)    a special disability retirement allowance computed in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-112 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-112 - Disability Options for State Police

    If the Board of Trustees approves an application for disability retirement for a member of the State Police Retirement System that was filed by the Secretary of State Police under § 29-103(c) of this subtitle or § 2-415(b) of the Public Safety Article, the member:         (1)    within 90 days after approval, may exercise an option as provided under §§ 21-402 and 21-403 of this article; or        (2)    shall receive the basic allowance.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-113 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-113 - Annual Retirement Allowance Adjustment Under State Police Retirement System

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a disability retiree of the State Police Retirement System, or a beneficiary of a disability retiree of the State Police Retirement System, who retires on or before June 30, 1999 with an ordinary or special disability retirement allowance under § 29-107 or § 29-111 of this subtitle, shall receive an annual retirement allowance adjustment as of July 1, 1999, as follows:        (1)    for a retiree who has been retired not more than 5 years, $1,200;        (2)    for a retiree who has been retired more than 5 years but not more than 10 years, $1,500;        (3)    for a retiree who has been retired more than 10 years but not more than 15 years, $1,800; and        (4)    for a retiree who has been retired more than 15 years, $2,100.    (b)    Each fiscal year, the Board of Trustees shall increase the adjustment received by the retiree or the beneficiary as of July 1, 1999, by multiplying the adjustment by a fraction that has:        (1)    as its numerator, the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year ending December 31 of the preceding fiscal year; and        (2)    as its denominator, the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year ending December 31, 1998.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-114 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-114 - Multiple Disability Allowances Prohibited

    A member entitled to an accidental disability retirement allowance or a special disability retirement allowance may not receive a retirement allowance for ordinary disability.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-115 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-115 - Temporary Suspension of Retirement Allowance

    (a)    (1)    This section applies only to a disability retiree who is not eligible to receive a normal service retirement.        (2)    This section does not apply to a disability retiree who is:            (i)    a retiree of:                1.    the State Police Retirement System;                2.    the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System;                3.    the Local Fire and Police System; or                4.    the Employees’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Pension System, if at the time of retirement the retiree was a law enforcement officer for a participating employer under § 26–201(a) of this article; and            (ii)    reemployed by a participating employer in any position other than a probationary status law enforcement officer, a law enforcement officer, or chief, as defined in § 3–101 of the Public Safety Article.    (b)    (1)    (i)    The Board of Trustees shall, after giving notice, temporarily suspend the retiree’s allowance if the retiree:                1.    began receiving a disability retirement allowance on or after July 1, 1998; and                2.    is employed by a participating employer at an annual compensation that is at least equal to the retiree’s average final compensation at retirement.            (ii)    A temporary suspension under this subsection shall begin as of the date the retiree is reemployed by a participating employer under subparagraph (i)2 of this paragraph.        (2)    A retiree whose allowance is temporarily suspended under this subsection is not subject to a reduction as provided in § 29–116 of this subtitle during the period of employment by a participating employer.        (3)    Upon receiving satisfactory documentation that the retiree is no longer employed by a participating employer, the Board of Trustees shall reinstate the retiree’s allowance with accumulated cost–of–living adjustments from the date the allowance was temporarily suspended.        (4)    The retiree’s allowance will be reinstated on the first day of the month following the month in which the retiree ceased employment with the participating employer.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-116 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-116 - Setoff for Ordinary Disability Retirees Earning Compensation at Certain Levels

    (a)    This section does not apply to a disability retiree:        (1)    (i)    who is a retiree of:                1.    the State Police Retirement System;                2.    the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System;                3.    the Local Fire and Police System; or                4.    the Employees’ Retirement System or the Employees’ Pension System, if at the time of retirement the retiree was a law enforcement officer for a participating employer under § 26–201(a) of this article; and            (ii)    who is reemployed by a participating employer in any position other than a probationary status law enforcement officer, a law enforcement officer, or chief, as defined in § 3–101 of the Public Safety Article; or        (2)    (i)    whose average final compensation was less than $25,000; and            (ii)    who is reemployed by a participating employer.    (b)    The Board of Trustees shall reduce the pension of a retiree on ordinary disability if:        (1)    the retiree is under normal retirement age;        (2)    the medical board certifies in a report to the Board of Trustees that the retiree is employed by a participating employer at an annual compensation that is greater than the difference between:            (i)    the retiree’s retirement allowance at retirement; and            (ii)    the sum of:                1.    the retiree’s average final compensation; and                2.    $5,000, which shall be adjusted annually by the percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index, as defined in § 29–401 of this title, in the calendar year preceding the fiscal year, and each subsequent adjustment shall be made on the amount calculated in the prior fiscal year;        (3)    the Board of Trustees agrees with the medical board’s report; and        (4)    the retiree’s allowance has not been temporarily suspended as provided in § 29–115 of this subtitle.    (c)    The Board of Trustees shall reduce the pension of a retiree who has been receiving an ordinary disability retirement allowance for:        (1)    less than 10 years, by $1 for every $2 that the retiree’s current compensation exceeds the limit under subsection (b) of this section; or        (2)    at least 10 years, by $1 for every $5 that the retiree’s current compensation exceeds the limit under subsection (b) of this section.    (d)    The pension to be reduced under this section is the pension at retirement without any cost–of–living adjustment.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-117 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-117 - Reemployment of Disability Retiree

    (a)    A disability retiree who is rehired by a participating employer may not receive creditable service or eligibility service during the period of reemployment.    (b)    The disability retiree’s compensation during the period of reemployment may not be subject to the employer pickup provisions of § 21-303 of this article or any reduction or deduction as a member contribution for pension or retirement purposes.    (c)    The State Retirement Agency shall institute appropriate reporting procedures with the affected payroll systems to ensure compliance with this section.    (d)    (1)    Immediately on the employment of any retiree, a participating employer shall notify the State Retirement Agency of the type of employment and the anticipated earnings of the retiree.        (2)    At least once each year, in a format specified by the State Retirement Agency, each participating employer shall provide the State Retirement Agency with a list of all employees included on any payroll of the employer, the Social Security numbers of the employees, and their earnings for that year.    (e)    An individual who is receiving a disability retirement allowance under this title may not be employed within 45 days of the date the individual retired, on a permanent, temporary, or contractual basis, by:        (1)    the State or other participating employer; or        (2)    a withdrawn participating governmental unit, if the retiree was an employee of the withdrawn participating governmental unit while the withdrawn governmental unit was a participating employer.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-118 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 1 - Disability Benefits|Section 29-118 - Effect of Workers' Compensation Benefits

    (a)    (1)    Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this section applies to a retiree and any designated beneficiary.        (2)    (i)    This section does not apply to:                1.    a retiree of a participating governmental unit, or a designated beneficiary of that retiree; or                2.    a retiree of the Employees’ Pension System or the Employees’ Retirement System who receives a disability retirement benefit as a former employee of a county board of education or the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City, or a designated beneficiary of that retiree.            (ii)    A retiree described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, or a designated beneficiary of that retiree is subject to § 9–610 of the Labor and Employment Article.    (b)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board of Trustees shall reduce an accidental or special disability retirement benefit by any related workers’ compensation benefits paid or payable after the effective date of retirement if the workers’ compensation benefits:            (i)    are paid or payable while a pension is paid or payable; and            (ii)    are for an accidental personal injury arising out of and in the course of the retiree’s employment by a participating employer.        (2)    (i)    This paragraph applies to a retiree who was originally awarded an ordinary disability retirement benefit, but whose benefit was later converted to an accidental or special disability retirement benefit by the Board of Trustees.            (ii)    If the retiree was awarded related workers’ compensation benefits paid or payable after the effective date of retirement, the Board of Trustees shall adjust its reduction of the retiree’s accidental or special disability retirement benefit under paragraph (1) of this subsection to reflect any offset awarded to the retiree’s employer by the Workers’ Compensation Commission for the original ordinary disability retirement benefit.        (3)    A retirement allowance may not be reduced:            (i)    to be less than the sum of the retiree’s annuity and the amount authorized to be deducted for health insurance premiums; or            (ii)    for workers’ compensation benefits that are reimbursements for legal fees, medical expenses, or other payments made to third parties and not to the retiree.    (c)    The retirement allowance to be reduced under this section is the retirement allowance at retirement without any cost–of–living adjustment.    (d)    Subject to subsection (b)(2) of this section, the retirement allowance to be reduced under this section is retroactive.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 2 - Death Benefits|Section 29-201 - Scope of Subtitle

    This subtitle does not apply to the Judges’ Retirement System.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 2 - Death Benefits|Section 29-202 - Death Benefit -- Generally

    (a)    (1)    (i)    Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, when the Board of Trustees receives proof of death of an individual who died while employed as a member, the Board of Trustees shall pay to the designated beneficiary or, if there is no designated beneficiary, to the member’s estate the amounts specified in this subsection.            (ii)    If a member designates more than one beneficiary, on the death of the member, the Board of Trustees shall pay the amounts specified in this subsection in equal shares to each of the designated beneficiaries.        (2)    Subject to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board of Trustees shall pay the member’s accumulated contributions.        (3)    Subject to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board of Trustees shall pay an amount equal to the member’s annual earnable compensation at death if the member dies in the course of the performance of duty or the member has at least 1 year of eligibility service.    (b)    (1)    A death benefit under this section may not be paid for the death of a member of the State Police Retirement System if a special death benefit under § 29–204 of this subtitle is paid for that death.        (2)    A death benefit under this section may not be paid for the death of a member of the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System if a special death benefit under § 29–204.1 of this subtitle is paid for that death.        (3)    A death benefit under this section may not be paid for the death of a member of the Employees’ Retirement System, Employees’ Pension System, Teachers’ Retirement System, or Teachers’ Pension System if a special death benefit under § 29–204.2 of this subtitle is paid for that death.        (4)    A death benefit under this section may not be paid for the death of a member of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System if a special death benefit under § 29–203 of this subtitle is paid for that death.        (5)    A death benefit under this section may not be paid for the death of a member if a retirement allowance under § 29–205 or § 29–206 of this subtitle is paid for that death.        (6)    (i)    If all individuals who are eligible for a special death benefit under § 29–203, § 29–204, § 29–204.1, or § 29–204.2 of this subtitle elect to waive the payment of a special death benefit, a benefit shall be paid in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.            (ii)    If all individuals who are eligible for an allowance under § 29–205 or § 29–206 of this subtitle elect to waive the payment of an allowance, a benefit shall be paid in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.    (c)    The Board of Trustees may provide the death benefit as group life insurance if the Board of Trustees finds that the designated beneficiaries would receive a more favorable tax treatment of the death benefit.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 2 - Death Benefits|Section 29-207 - Death Benefit for Former Members

    If a former member who is eligible for a vested allowance dies before payment of the vested allowance starts, the Board of Trustees, after receiving proof of death, shall pay the former member’s accumulated contributions to:         (1)    the designated beneficiary; or        (2)    if there is no designated beneficiary, the former member's estate.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 3 - Deferred Vested Benefits|Section 29-301 - Vested Allowance

    (a)    This section applies only to a member of the Judges’ Retirement System who becomes a member on or after July 1, 2012.    (b)    (1)    A member may elect to receive a vested allowance if:            (i)    the member is separated from employment other than by death or retirement; and            (ii)    the member has at least 5 years of eligibility service.        (2)    A member is deemed to have elected a vested allowance, unless the member requests the return of the accumulated contributions before membership ends.    (c)    A vested allowance is a deferred allowance starting at age 60.    (d)    A vested allowance:        (1)    is computed as a retirement allowance under § 27–402 of this article on the basis of the former member’s creditable service at the time of separation from employment; and        (2)    may be paid in one of the optional forms of allowances under § 21–403 of this article, if at retirement, the member does not have a spouse or child who is under the age of 26 or is disabled.    (e)    (1)    If a former member who elected a vested allowance requests the return of accumulated contributions before payment of the vested allowance begins, the Board of Trustees shall return the accumulated contributions to the former member.        (2)    When accumulated contributions are returned to a former member, the former member is not entitled to further benefits on account of the former member’s previous membership.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  29-302.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division II - Pensions|Title 29 - Benefits Other Than Service Retirement Benefits|Subtitle 3 - Deferred Vested Benefits|Section 29-302.1 - Vested Allowances for Members of Retirement Systems -- Lump-Sum Payment

    (a)    This section applies only to an individual who:        (1)    is a former member of:            (i)    the Employees’ Retirement System; or            (ii)    the Teachers’ Retirement System;        (2)    is eligible to receive a vested allowance under § 29-302 of this subtitle; and        (3)    has not elected to receive a benefit under § 29-302 of this subtitle.    (b)    Notwithstanding § 29-302 of this subtitle, an individual under subsection (a) of this section may elect a lump-sum payment equal to the present value of the individual’s vested allowance if:        (1)    the vested allowance is less than $50 a month;        (2)    (i)    the individual is not a member of the Optional Retirement Program and has terminated any employment with a participating employer for the State; or            (ii)    the individual is a member of the Optional Retirement Program and has terminated employment with an employing institution as defined in § 30-101(e) of this article; and        (3)    the individual requests a lump-sum payment of the vested allowance on a form provided by the State Retirement Agency.