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Board asks for review of catastrophic disability survivor benefit after DRS rulemaking pause
Summary
The board requested a comprehensive review of DRS'administrative practice for catastrophic disability survivor benefits, focusing on whether survivor reductions should be based on the larger catastrophic benefit or on the lower service retirement benefit; DRS paused rulemaking to allow board input.
The LEOFF Plan 2 Board on July 23 directed staff to prepare a comprehensive review of catastrophic disability survivor benefits after Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) paused rulemaking to seek board input.
Board staff explained the technical issue: catastrophic disability retirees often receive a higher benefit (commonly cited as a 70% minimum of final average salary), subject to offsets for workers'compensation and Social Security Disability. DRS identified that basing…
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