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Committee approves technical fixes to teacher and state retirement survivor rules, including special needs trust allowance and expanding dependent child benefit
Summary
The committee passed two bills: one allowing Arkansas Teacher Retirement System benefits to be paid directly to special needs trusts for disabled beneficiaries, and another removing a higher‑education requirement so survivor benefits for dependent children continue until age 23.
The committee approved two related measures to clarify beneficiary and survivor benefit rules in state retirement systems.
One bill, House Bill 1347, would permit benefits from the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System to be paid directly to a special needs trust established for a disabled spouse or child. The sponsor said the change fills an oversight so families who have set up special needs trusts can have retirement benefits flow directly to those trusts.
The other measure, House Bill…
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