Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Employee Trust Funds › Chapter ETF 50 - Disability Benefits › Subchapter III - Long-Term Disability Insurance › Section ETF 50.56 - Termination or suspension of benefits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DURATION OF
				BENEFITS. Except as otherwise provided in this section:
(a) For a recipient whose LTDI benefit
				effective date is prior to the date the recipient attains age 61, all LTDI
				benefits terminate at the end of the month in which the recipient attains age
				65.
(b) For a recipient whose LTDI
				benefit effective date is on or after the date the recipient attains age 61 and
				prior to the date the recipient attains age 63, all LTDI benefits terminate at
				the end of the month in which the recipient attains age 66.
(c) For a recipient whose LTDI benefit
				effective date is on or after the date the recipient attains age 63 and prior
				to the date the recipient attains age 65, all LTDI benefits terminate at the
				end of the month in which the recipient attains age 67.
(d) For a recipient whose LTDI benefit
				effective date is on or after the date the recipient attains age 65 and prior
				to the date the recipient attains age 67, all LTDI benefits terminate at the
				end of the month in which the recipient attains age 68.
(e) For a recipient whose LTDI benefit
				effective date is on or after the date the recipient attains age 67 and prior
				to the date the recipient attains age 68, all LTDI benefits terminate at the
				end of the month in which the recipient attains age 69.
(f) For a recipient whose LTDI benefit
				effective date is on or after the date the recipient attains age 68 and prior
				to the date the recipient attains age 69, all LTDI benefits terminate at the
				end of the month in which the recipient attains age 70.
(g) For a recipient whose LTDI benefit
				effective date is on or after the date the recipient attains age 69, all LTDI
				benefits terminate 12 months after the LTDI benefit effective date.
(h) Notwithstanding pars. (a) to (g), no LTDI
				benefits shall be payable for any date after the recipient's death.
(i) The effective date used to determine the
				duration of LTDI benefits is the effective date of the benefits being paid, not
				the effective date of terminated LTDI benefits paid under a previous
				application.
(j) The duration of
				LTDI benefits for recipients whose LTDI benefit effective date is on or after
				the date the recipient attains age 61 shall be periodically reviewed and may be
				revised based on the actuary's determinations, as approved by the employee
				trust funds board, so as to provide LTDI benefits meeting equal cost standards
				under federal age discrimination law. As part of the regular 3-year general
				investigation under s.
				40.03(5)
				(b), Stats., beginning with the investigation
				based on data through 1996, the actuary shall determine the appropriate
				duration for LTDI benefits beginning at and after age 61. The employee trust
				funds board shall be responsible for approving any change to the duration of
				LTDI benefits. If the duration of LTDI benefits is changed, the duration of
				LTDI benefits being paid as the result of an application received by the
				department prior to the effective date of the change shall not be affected. Any
				such revision shall be effective upon promulgation as an amendment to this rule
				by the employee trust funds board.