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House approves higher line‑of‑duty payments, shifts corrections disability review to retirement commission
Summary
Lawmakers adopted emergency measures to increase lump‑sum payments and pension access for state employees killed in the line of duty and to move corrections officers' permanent‑disability review from OPM to the comptroller's retirement commission.
HARTFORD — The Connecticut House on Jan. 28 adopted two emergency measures changing how the state treats retirement and disability benefits for employees killed or gravely injured on the job.
Lawmakers unanimously approved Emergency Certification House Resolution 12, which alters line‑of‑duty death benefits so that a surviving spouse receives the deceased employee’s pension payments as if the member were vested at the time of death and raises the lump‑sum payment from $100,000 to $168,000, with that lump sum to increase annually thereafter. The resolution also raises the estate payment for situations without a surviving spouse to $81,000; that amount will also increase over time. Representative Josh Elliott, who moved adoption, said the changes update amounts set in 1998 and aim to provide greater financial…
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