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2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 9.8. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-9.8-2.5. Employer Contributions

Sec. 2.5. (a) The board shall determine contributions and contribution rates for individual employers or for a group of employers necessary to adequately maintain the fund.
(b) The board shall deposit any contributions received under this section in the fund.
As added by P.L.99-2020, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-1. "Board"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system.
As added by P.L.44-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-1.5. "Correctional Officer"

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "correctional officer" includes:
(1) a county jail officer under IC 11-12-4-4;
(2) a person who has received a correctional officer training certificate under IC 11-8-2-8;
(3) a prison matron or an assistant prison matron under IC 36-8-10-5;
(4) any other person whose duties include the daily or ongoing supervision and care of persons who are lawfully detained (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-186) in a facility operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state; and
(5) a hazardous duty employee of the department of correction who:
(A) works within a prison or juvenile facility; or
(B) performs parole or emergency response operations and functions.
As added by P.L.42-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-2006, SEC.1; P.L.114-2012, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-2. "Dies in the Line of Duty"

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), as used in this chapter, "dies in the line of duty" refers to a death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness resulting from any action that the public safety officer, in the public safety officer's capacity as a public safety officer, is obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law to perform in the course of controlling or reducing crime or enforcing the criminal law. For purposes of a public safety officer who is an employee (as defined in IC 5-10-13-2), the term includes a death presumed incurred in the line of duty under IC 5-10-13.
(b) This subsection applies to a public safety officer who is eligible for a special death benefit under section 4.8 or 4.9 of this chapter. "Dies in the line of duty" refers to a death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness caused by an incident, accident, or violence that results from any action that the public safety officer, in the public safety officer's capacity as a public safety officer:
(1) is obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law to perform; or
(2) performs during an emergency run.
(c) This subsection applies to a public safety officer who is:
(1) a county coroner or deputy county coroner; and
(2) eligible for a special death benefit under this chapter.
"Dies in the line of duty" refers to a death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness caused by an incident, accident, or violence that results from any action that the public safety officer, in the public safety officer's capacity as a public safety officer, is obligated or authorized by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law to perform.
As added by P.L.44-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.52-1993, SEC.1; P.L.185-2002, SEC.2; P.L.62-2015, SEC.1; P.L.100-2017, SEC.1; P.L.119-2022, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-3. "Fund"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the special death benefit fund established by IC 5-10-9.8-2.
As added by P.L.44-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.40-2017, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-4.5. Special Death Benefits Coverage Purchased for Eligible Officers

Sec. 4.5. (a) As used in this section, "eligible officer" means a police officer or firefighter whose employer purchases coverage under this section.
(b) As used in this section, "employer" means:
(1) with respect to a police officer:
(A) a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, that appoints a police officer under IC 21-17-5; or
(B) an operator that employs the police officer under IC 8-22-3-34(b); or
(2) with respect to a firefighter:
(A) a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that:
(i) maintains a fire department;
(ii) employs firefighters for the fire department; and
(iii) is accredited by the North Central Association; or
(B) an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport that:
(i) maintains a fire department; and
(ii) employs firefighters for the fire department.
(c) If an employer purchases coverage for an eligible officer, the eligible officer is eligible for a special death benefit from the fund in the same manner that any other public safety officer is eligible for a special death benefit from the fund. The cost of the coverage shall be one hundred dollars ($100) for each eligible officer annually. The cost of the coverage shall be paid to the board for deposit in the fund. The cost of coverage required by this subsection is in addition to the contribution determined by the board under IC 5-10-9.8-2.5.
(d) If an employer elects to provide coverage under this section, the employer must purchase coverage for all eligible officers of the employer. An employer that elects to purchase coverage under this section must purchase coverage by making annual payments as prescribed by the board.
As added by P.L.10-2005, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.43-2006, SEC.2; P.L.2-2007, SEC.85; P.L.179-2018, SEC.4; P.L.99-2020, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-4.7. Special Death Benefit for Eligible Chaplain

Sec. 4.7. (a) As used in this section, "eligible chaplain" means an individual who is appointed or officially designated to serve, with or without compensation, as a chaplain of any of the following:
(1) A law enforcement agency (as defined in IC 4-33-2-11.6).
(2) A full-time police department of a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).
(3) A full-time fire department of a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).
(4) A volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2).
(5) A sheriff's department of a county.
(b) An eligible chaplain who dies as a direct result of personal injury or illness resulting from the eligible chaplain's performance of duties as a chaplain for the agency or department that the eligible chaplain was appointed or officially designated to serve is eligible for a special death benefit from the fund in the same manner as any other public safety officer is eligible for a benefit from the fund.
As added by P.L.115-2008, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-4.8. Special Death Benefits Coverage Purchased for Eligible Emergency Medical Services Providers

Sec. 4.8. (a) As used in this section, "eligible emergency medical services provider" means an emergency medical services provider who is employed by a person that has contracted with a political subdivision to provide emergency medical services for the political subdivision.
(b) As used in this section, "emergency medical services" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-49-1-5.
(c) As used in this section, "emergency medical services provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-10-1.
(d) As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13.
(e) If an employer purchases coverage for an eligible emergency medical services provider, the eligible emergency medical services provider who dies as a direct result of personal injury or illness resulting from the eligible emergency medical services provider's performance of duties under a contract entered into by the emergency medical services provider's employer to provide emergency medical services for a political subdivision is eligible for a special death benefit from the fund in the same manner as any other public safety officer is eligible for a benefit from the fund. The cost of the coverage must be one hundred dollars ($100) annually for each eligible emergency medical services provider paid by the emergency medical services provider's employer. The cost of the coverage shall be paid to the board for deposit into the fund. The cost of coverage required by this subsection is in addition to the contribution determined by the board under IC 5-10-9.8-2.5.
(f) If an employer elects to provide coverage under this section, the employer must purchase coverage for all eligible emergency medical services providers of the employer. An employer who elects to purchase coverage under this section must purchase coverage by making annual payments as prescribed by the board.
As added by P.L.62-2015, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.193-2016, SEC.2; P.L.99-2020, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-4.9. Special Death Benefit; Emergency Medical Service Providers Employed by Health Care System Affiliated With State Educational Institution

Sec. 4.9. (a) As used in this section, "eligible emergency medical services provider" means an emergency medical services provider whose employer purchases coverage under this section.
(b) As used in this section, "emergency medical services provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-10-1.
(c) As used in this section, "employer" means a health care system affiliated with a state educational institution that:
(1) maintains an air ambulance services provider; and
(2) employs emergency medical services providers for the air ambulance services provider.
(d) If an employer purchases coverage for an eligible emergency medical services provider, the eligible emergency medical services provider is eligible for a special death benefit from the fund in the same manner that any other public safety officer is eligible for a special death benefit from the fund. The cost of the coverage must be one hundred dollars ($100) for each eligible emergency medical services provider annually. The cost of the coverage shall be paid to the board for deposit into the fund. The cost of coverage required by this subsection is in addition to the contribution determined by the board under IC 5-10-9.8-2.5.
(e) If an employer elects to provide coverage under this section, the employer must purchase coverage for all eligible emergency medical services providers of the employer. An employer that elects to purchase coverage under this section must purchase coverage by making annual payments as prescribed by the board.
As added by P.L.100-2017, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.179-2018, SEC.5; P.L.99-2020, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-6. Special Death Benefits; Suspension of Payment

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a special death benefit of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2020, and two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) for a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2020, shall be paid in a lump sum from the fund to the following relative of a public safety officer who dies in the line of duty:
(1) To the surviving spouse.
(2) If there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving children (to be shared equally).
(3) If there is no surviving spouse and there are no surviving children, to the parent or parents in equal shares.
(b) If the fund would be reduced below two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) by payment in full of all claims that become final in any month, the board shall proceed as follows:
(1) The board shall suspend payment of the claims that become final during that month and the following two (2) months.
(2) At the end of the suspension period, the board shall pay all suspended claims. If the fund would be exhausted by payment in full of all suspended claims, the amount paid to each claimant shall be prorated.
As added by P.L.44-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.42-1991, SEC.3; P.L.53-1993, SEC.1; P.L.49-1998, SEC.1; P.L.99-2020, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 10. Special Death Benefit Fund › 5-10-10-6.5. Payment of Special Death Benefits to Surviving Spouse

Sec. 6.5. Notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter, the amount of the special death benefit payable under this chapter, as amended by P.L.66-2000, to the surviving spouse of a probation officer who died in the line of duty after April 27, 1997, and before January 1, 1998, is one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.70.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 11. State Employees' Death Benefit › 5-10-11-1. "Board"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system.
As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.26.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 11. State Employees' Death Benefit › 5-10-11-2. "Dies in the Line of Duty"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "dies in the line of duty" refers to a death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness resulting from a state employee's performance of the duties of the employee's job.
As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 11. State Employees' Death Benefit › 5-10-11-3. "State Employee"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "state employee" means an employee of a state agency, except a state educational institution. "State employee" does not include a public safety officer who receives benefits under IC 5-10-10.
As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.86.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 11. State Employees' Death Benefit › 5-10-11-4. Establishment of Program and Fund; Transfer of Fund

Sec. 4. (a) The state shall establish and operate a death benefit program for the payment of lump sum death benefits to the survivors of a state employee who dies in the line of duty. The state may provide these benefits by purchasing group life insurance or by establishing a program of self-insurance.
(b) If the state establishes a program of self-insurance, the state shall fund the program by such contributions as considered necessary by the board. The board shall deposit any contributions received to maintain the program in the special death benefit fund established by IC 5-10-9.8-2, and the board shall pay benefits out of the special death benefit fund.
(c) This subsection applies if the state established a fund under this section before July 1, 2017. The special death benefit fund established by IC 5-10-9.8-2 is the successor of the fund established under this section. On July 1, 2017, the board shall transfer money in the fund established under this section to the special death benefit fund established by IC 5-10-9.8-2. As of July 1, 2017, pending claims against the fund under this section become pending claims against the special death benefit fund established by IC 5-10-9.8-2. The board shall maintain the records of the fund established under this section as if the records were created for the purposes of the special death benefit fund established by IC 5-10-9.8-2.
As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.25-1994, SEC.2; P.L.40-2017, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 11. State Employees' Death Benefit › 5-10-11-5. Lump Sum Payment; Dependency of Children and Stepchildren Defined

Sec. 5. (a) The board shall pay a death benefit of:
(1) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty before July 1, 2013; and
(2) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a state employee who dies in the line of duty after June 30, 2013.
(b) The death benefit shall be paid in a lump sum as follows:
(1) To the surviving spouse.
(2) If there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving dependent children and surviving dependent stepchildren in equal shares.
For purposes of this subsection, a child or stepchild is dependent on a state employee if the state employee claimed the child or stepchild as a dependent on the federal income tax return filed by the state employee in the year before the year in which the state employee died.
As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.245-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 12. Cafeteria Plan Benefits for Certain Unused Vacation, Sick, or Personal Days › 5-10-12-1. "Department" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "department" means the state personnel department.
As added by P.L.195-1999, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 12. Cafeteria Plan Benefits for Certain Unused Vacation, Sick, or Personal Days › 5-10-12-2. "State Agency" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of state government, but does not include:
(1) a state educational institution;
(2) a state elected official's office; and
(3) the legislative and judicial branches of state government.
As added by P.L.195-1999, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.87.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 12. Cafeteria Plan Benefits for Certain Unused Vacation, Sick, or Personal Days › 5-10-12-3. Eligibility

Sec. 3. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), an employee who:
(1) has at least ten (10) years of creditable service with a state agency;
(2) retires after June 30, 2000; and
(3) has accrued and unused sick days, vacation days, or personal days on the employee's retirement date;
is entitled to have the amounts specified in section 5 of this chapter deposited by the state into a cafeteria plan under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) The provisions of this chapter requiring the department to make deposits into a cafeteria plan on behalf of retired employees described in subsection (a) apply only if the department has received from the Internal Revenue Service any approvals or rulings that the department considers necessary or appropriate for the cafeteria plan.
(c) The provisions of this chapter requiring the department to make deposits into a cafeteria plan on behalf of retired employees described in subsection (a) do not apply if the plan described in IC 5-10-1.1-7.5(b) is implemented and the deferred compensation committee has received from the Internal Revenue Service any rulings or determination letters that the committee considers necessary or appropriate for the plan described in IC 5-10-1.1-7.5(b).
As added by P.L.195-1999, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.184-2001, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 12. Cafeteria Plan Benefits for Certain Unused Vacation, Sick, or Personal Days › 5-10-12-4. Payments to Plan

Sec. 4. (a) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that it considers necessary to make periodic payments to a cafeteria plan under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code on behalf of retired employees described in section 3 of this chapter and to otherwise carry out this chapter.
(b) The rules adopted by the department may include provisions setting forth the following:
(1) The minimum or maximum total amount or annual amount that may be deposited by the state under this chapter on behalf of retired employees.
(2) The period of years of deposits.
(3) Payment provisions.
As added by P.L.195-1999, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 12. Cafeteria Plan Benefits for Certain Unused Vacation, Sick, or Personal Days › 5-10-12-5. Calculation of Deposits

Sec. 5. The amount that shall be deposited on behalf of a participating retired employee may not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) and is based on:
(1) the hourly rate the employee was paid on the employee's retirement date; and
(2) the following provisions concerning the employee's accrued and unused vacation days, sick days, or personal days:
(A) An employee with at least ten (10) years of creditable service but less than fifteen (15) years of creditable service is entitled to an amount based on twenty percent (20%) of the employee's accrued days.
(B) An employee with at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service but less than twenty (20) years of creditable service is entitled to an amount based on thirty-five percent (35%) of the employee's accrued days.
(C) An employee with at least twenty (20) years of creditable service is entitled to an amount based on not more than fifty percent (50%) of the employee's accrued days.
As added by P.L.195-1999, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 12. Cafeteria Plan Benefits for Certain Unused Vacation, Sick, or Personal Days › 5-10-12-6. Application Procedure

Sec. 6. Within ninety (90) days after an employee's retirement date, an employee who wishes to participate in a cafeteria plan as provided under this chapter must file with the department a written application and any information required by the department.
As added by P.L.195-1999, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-1. "Exposure Risk Disease"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "exposure risk disease" refers to:
(1) anthrax;
(2) hepatitis;
(3) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);
(4) meningococcal meningitis;
(5) any variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), including coronavirus disease (COVID-19);
(6) smallpox; or
(7) tuberculosis.
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.1; P.L.143-2021, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-2. "Employee"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "employee" means an individual who:
(1) is employed full time by the state or a political subdivision of the state as:
(A) a member of a fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-1-8);
(B) an emergency medical services provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1);
(C) a member of a police department (as defined in IC 36-8-1-9);
(D) a correctional officer (as defined in IC 5-10-10-1.5);
(E) a state police officer;
(F) a county police officer;
(G) a county sheriff;
(H) an excise police officer;
(I) a conservation enforcement officer;
(J) a town marshal;
(K) a deputy town marshal;
(L) a department of homeland security fire investigator;
(M) a member of a consolidated law enforcement department established under IC 36-3-1-5.1;
(N) a county coroner; or
(O) a deputy county coroner;
(2) in the course of the individual's employment is at high risk for occupational exposure to an exposure risk disease; and
(3) is not employed elsewhere in a similar capacity.
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.227-2005, SEC.4; P.L.170-2022, SEC.1; P.L.119-2022, SEC.5; P.L.178-2022(ts), SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-3. "High Risk for Occupational Exposure"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "high risk for occupational exposure" means that risk is incurred by an individual in performing the basic duties of the individual's employment, including:
(1) providing emergency medical treatment in a nonhealth care setting where there is a potential for transfer of body fluids between individuals;
(2) working at the scene of an accident, a fire, or other rescue or public safety operation or in an emergency rescue vehicle or public safety vehicle during which the individual has contact with body fluids, containers of body fluids, hypodermic needles, or other materials that have been exposed to body fluids;
(3) engaging in the pursuit, apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law violators during which the individual may be exposed to body fluids; or
(4) maintaining custody and physical restraint of prisoners or inmates of a prison, a jail, or other criminal detention facility during which the individual may be exposed to body fluids.
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-4. "Political Subdivision"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" means a county, township, town, city, separate municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public school corporation.
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.197-2016, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-6. Exception to Presumption for Vaccine or Prevention Measure

Sec. 6. If a standard, medically recognized vaccine or other measure exists for the prevention of an exposure risk disease and the vaccine or other measure is medically indicated for an employee according to immunization policies established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Public Health Service, the following apply:
(1) If:
(A) the employee receives the vaccine or other measure as required by the employee's employer; or
(B) the employee's physician provides written notice to the employer that the vaccine or other measure would pose a significant risk to the employee's health;
and the employee meets the other requirements of this chapter, a presumption of disability or death incurred in the line of duty under this chapter applies to the employee.
(2) If:
(A) the employee does not receive the vaccine or other measure as required by the employee's employer; and
(B) the employee's physician has not provided written notice that the vaccine or other measure would pose a significant risk to the employee's health;
a presumption of disability or death incurred in the line of duty under this chapter does not apply to the employee.
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-7. Employee Report

Sec. 7. (a) An employee shall file a report with the employee's employer of each known or reasonably suspected exposure to an exposure risk disease in the scope of the employee's employment.
(b) The employer shall maintain a permanent record of a report filed by an employee under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-8. Insurance Coverage for Disability or Death Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty

Sec. 8. (a) The state or a political subdivision of the state may provide, in the life and disability insurance that covers employees of the state or political subdivision, accidental death coverage or double indemnity coverage for a health condition caused by a communicable disease that results in total or partial disability or death that is presumed to be a disability or death incurred in the line of duty under this chapter.
(b) This chapter does not require an insurer that issues a noncompulsory life insurance policy or a noncompulsory disability insurance policy to include in the policy coverage for a disability or death presumed incurred in the line of duty as described in this chapter.
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 13. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Death and Disability Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-13-9. Other Requirements for Disability Benefits Not Affected

Sec. 9. This chapter does not affect the requirements for determining eligibility for disability benefits provided by the state or a political subdivision of the state except to the extent of determining whether an employee incurred a disability in the line of duty.
As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 14. State Police Officer Survivor Health Coverage › 5-10-14-1. "Dies in the Line of Duty"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dies in the line of duty" refers to a death that occurs as a direct result of personal injury or illness resulting from an action that an employee, in the employee's capacity as an employee, is obligated or authorized to perform by rule, regulation, law, or condition of employment.
As added by P.L.24-2005, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 14. State Police Officer Survivor Health Coverage › 5-10-14-3. Health Coverage for Survivors of Employees Who Die in Line of Duty

Sec. 3. (a) If the state police department offers health coverage for active employees, the state police department shall offer to provide and pay for health coverage under the health coverage plan provided for active employees for:
(1) the surviving spouse; and
(2) each natural child, stepchild, and adopted child;
of an employee who dies in the line of duty, regardless of whether the death occurs before July 1, 2005, or on or after July 1, 2005.
(b) The health coverage for a surviving natural child, stepchild, or adopted child provided under subsection (a) continues:
(1) until the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) if the child is:
(A) enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary school; or
(B) a full-time student at an accredited college or university;
until the child becomes twenty-three (23) years of age; or
(3) if the child has a physical or mental disability, until the end of the physical or mental disability;
whichever period is longest.
(c) If the state police department offers health coverage to active employees, the health coverage that the state police department provides to a surviving spouse or a natural child, a stepchild, or an adopted child under this section must be equal to that offered to active employees.
(d) The state police department's offer to provide and pay for health coverage under subsection (a) must remain open as long as the state police department continues to offer the health coverage for active employees, and:
(1) a surviving spouse is eligible for the health coverage under subsection (a); or
(2) a natural child, a stepchild, or an adopted child is eligible for the health coverage under subsections (a) and (b).
As added by P.L.24-2005, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to an individual who, at any time during the individual's employment by the state or a political subdivision of the state as:
(1) a member of a fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-1-8);
(2) an emergency medical services provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1); or
(3) a member of a police department (as defined in IC 36-8-1-9);
used tobacco products in any form in the five (5) years before the time the individual is diagnosed under section 9(a) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.109-2015, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-2. "At Risk for Occupational Exposure"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "at risk for occupational exposure" means that an individual incurs risk in performing the basic duties of the individual's employment, including:
(1) providing emergency medical treatment in a nonhealth care setting where there is a potential for contact with;
(2) working at the scene of an accident, a fire, or another rescue or public safety operation, or working in an emergency rescue vehicle or a public safety vehicle, during which the individual has contact with;
(3) engaging in the pursuit, apprehension, and arrest of law violators, during which the individual may be exposed to; or
(4) maintaining custody and physical restraint of prisoners or inmates of a prison, a jail, or another criminal detention facility during which the individual may be exposed to;
a known carcinogen, or a substance or condition that adversely affects an individual's cardiovascular, neurological, or respiratory system.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.59-2009, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-3. "Employee"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "employee" means an individual who:
(1) is employed full time by the state or a political subdivision of the state as:
(A) a member of a fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-1-8);
(B) an emergency medical services provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1);
(C) a member of a police department (as defined in IC 36-8-1-9); or
(D) a department of homeland security fire investigator;
(2) in the course of the individual's employment, is at risk for occupational exposure; and
(3) is not employed elsewhere by the state or a political subdivision of the state in a similar capacity.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.170-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-4. "Exposure Related Cancer"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "exposure related cancer" refers to a cancer that is caused by a known carcinogen to which an individual is at risk for occupational exposure.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-5. "Exposure Related Heart or Lung Disease"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "exposure related heart or lung disease" refers to a disease or impairment of the cardiovascular or respiratory system caused by a substance or condition to which an individual is at risk for occupational exposure.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-5.5. "Exposure Related Parkinson's Disease"

Sec. 5.5. As used in this chapter, "exposure related Parkinson's disease" refers to Parkinson's disease that is caused by a toxin or head trauma:
(1) known to increase the risk for the development of Parkinson's disease; and
(2) to which an individual is at risk for occupational exposure.
As added by P.L.59-2009, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-6. "Known Carcinogen"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "known carcinogen" refers to a substance or agent the exposure to which is recognized by:
(1) the International Agency for Research on Cancer; or
(2) the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health;
as creating a high risk for the development of cancer.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-7. "Political Subdivision"

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" means a county, township, town, city, separate municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public school corporation.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.197-2016, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-8. "Substance or Condition That Adversely Affects an Individual's Cardiovascular, Neurological, or Respiratory System"

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "substance or condition that adversely affects an individual's cardiovascular, neurological, or respiratory system" refers to a substance or condition the exposure to which is recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as creating a high risk for the development of heart, lung, or Parkinson's disease.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.59-2009, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-9. Presumption of Disability in Line of Duty; Rebutting of Presumption

Sec. 9. (a) An employee or former employee who:
(1) is diagnosed with an exposure related cancer, exposure related heart or lung disease, or exposure related Parkinson's disease that:
(A) requires medical treatment; or
(B) results in total or partial disability; and
(2) at the time of the diagnosis:
(A) is actively employed; or
(B) has terminated employment not more than sixty (60) months earlier;
is presumed to have a disability incurred in the line of duty.
(b) The presumption described in subsection (a) may be rebutted by competent evidence.
(c) A meeting or hearing held to rebut the presumption described in subsection (a) may be held as an executive session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(1).
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.59-2009, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 15. Emergency and Public Safety Employee Disability From Certain Cancers or Heart or Lung Disease Presumed Incurred in the Line of Duty › 5-10-15-10. Effect of Chapter on Determination of Eligibility for Disability Benefits

Sec. 10. This chapter does not affect the requirements for determining eligibility for disability benefits provided by the state or a political subdivision of the state except to the extent of determining whether an employee incurred a disability in the line of duty.
As added by P.L.62-2006, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 16. Opeb Reports › 5-10-16-3. "Inprs"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "INPRS" refers to the Indiana public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-2-1.
As added by P.L.138-2012, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.108-2019, SEC.95.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 16. Opeb Reports › 5-10-16-5. "Post-Employment Benefit"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "post-employment benefit" means any of the following:
(1) Health, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage for retired employees.
(2) Long term care coverage, life insurance, and death benefits that are not offered as part of a pension or retirement plan.
(3) Long term disability insurance for employees.
(4) Any other benefit, other than a pension or retirement plan, or a termination incentive, provided to a former employee.
As added by P.L.138-2012, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 16. Opeb Reports › 5-10-16-7. Inprs to Prepare Opeb Report for State Agencies; Gasb Statements 74 and 75 Information Required

Sec. 7. Each state agency shall cooperate with the INPRS and provide to the INPRS the information necessary for the system to prepare an OPEB report for state agencies. Each state agency shall provide information required under GASB Statements 74 and 75 and any other information requested by the system.
As added by P.L.138-2012, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.108-2019, SEC.96.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 17. Emergency Medical Services Provider Disability Benefits › 5-10-17-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an emergency medical services provider who is:
(1) employed by a municipal corporation; and
(2) not eligible for a disability benefit under IC 36-8-6, IC 36-8-7, IC 36-8-7.5, or IC 36-8-8.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 17. Emergency Medical Services Provider Disability Benefits › 5-10-17-2. "Emergency Medical Services Provider"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "emergency medical services provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-10-1.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 17. Emergency Medical Services Provider Disability Benefits › 5-10-17-5. Disability Insurance Programs Authorized; Elimination Period; Self-Insurance; Exclusions; Fiscal Body Approval

Sec. 5. (a) A municipal corporation may provide programs of disability insurance to its emergency medical services providers who become disabled as the result of an injury or illness:
(1) that is not covered by:
(A) worker's compensation (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6); or
(B) worker's occupational diseases compensation (IC 22-3-7); or
(2) for which coverage under worker's compensation or worker's occupational diseases compensation has been exhausted.
(b) A program established under subsection (a) may not have an elimination or waiting period of greater than the following before a benefit begins:
(1) Thirty (30) days, for a short term disability program.
(2) One hundred twenty (120) days, for a long term disability program.
(c) A municipal corporation may provide the programs of disability insurance described in subsection (a) through either of the following:
(1) By purchasing policies of group insurance.
(2) By establishing self-insurance programs.
(d) A municipal corporation may exclude from coverage under a program of disability insurance an emergency medical services provider who:
(1) is a part-time employee (as defined by the municipal corporation); or
(2) provides services to the municipal corporation under a contract.
(e) The establishment of a self-insurance program under this section is subject to the approval of the municipal corporation's fiscal body.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 18. Public Safety Officer Survivor Health Coverage › 5-10-18-1. "Dies in the Line of Duty"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dies in the line of duty" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-10-10-2(a).
As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 18. Public Safety Officer Survivor Health Coverage › 5-10-18-2. "Employer"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "employer" means any of the following:
(1) The state (as defined in IC 4-15-17-3).
(2) A state educational institution (as defined in IC 21-7-13-32).
(3) A postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution.
(4) An operator (as defined in IC 5-23-2-8).
(5) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2:
(A) that is established and operated under IC 16-22-2, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23; or
(B) that is not:
(i) a unit of state or local government; or
(ii) owned or operated by a unit of state or local government.
(6) A school corporation (as defined in IC 20-43-1-23).
(7) An airport authority (as defined in IC 8-22-1-4).
(8) A local unit public employer located in a county containing a consolidated city.
As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 5. State and Local Administration › Article 10. Public Employee Benefits › Chapter 18. Public Safety Officer Survivor Health Coverage › 5-10-18-3. "Public Safety Officer"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public safety officer" means any of the following:
(1) An excise police officer.
(2) A conservation enforcement officer.
(3) A gaming agent or a gaming control officer of the Indiana gaming commission (established by IC 4-33-3-1).
(4) A state educational institution police officer appointed under IC 21-39-4.
(5) A police officer who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that appoints a police officer under IC 21-17-5.
(6) A firefighter who is employed by the fire department of a state university.
(7) A firefighter who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that:
(A) maintains a fire department;
(B) employs firefighters for the fire department; and
(C) is accredited by the North Central Association.
(8) A firefighter who is employed by an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport that:
(A) maintains a fire department; and
(B) employs firefighters for the fire department.
(9) A school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16.
(10) A hospital police officer appointed under IC 16-18-4.
(11) A police officer employed under IC 8-22-3-34 by:
(A) a local airport authority; or
(B) an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport.
(12) A park ranger who:
(A) completed at least the number of weeks of training at the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state that were required at the time the park ranger attended the Indiana law enforcement academy or the law enforcement academy in another state;
(B) graduated from the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state; and
(C) is employed by a local unit public employer located in a county containing a consolidated city.
(13) A department of homeland security fire investigator.
As added by P.L.111-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.170-2022, SEC.3.