Disability benefits effect of return to work or reemployment

Authority: IC 5-10.4-8-4; IC 5-10.5-4-2 Affected: IC 5-10.4-8-11; IC 5-10.4-8-16 Sec. 4. (a) If a disabled participant of the plan separates from employment with a participating school corporation and later returns to state employment in a position covered by the plan, the participant is entitled to receive credit for the participant's years of participation in the plan before the participant's separation. However, any amounts forfeited by the participant under IC 5-10.4-8-11 (e) or this article may not be restored to the participant's account. (b) When a disabled participant of the plan receiving a disability annuity under IC 5-10.4-8-16 and this article returns to active duty in a position covered by the plan, the participant is entitled to continue receiving the disability annuity and the participant is entitled to receive credit for the participant's years of participation in the plan before the participant's separation. However, any amounts forfeited by the participant under IC 5-10.4-8-11 (e) or this article may not be restored to the participant's account. (Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Retirement System; 35 IAC 14.1-6-4; adopted May 3, 2019: 20190515-IR-035190262ONA)