LD521 - Veterans

(2018)

An Act To Align the Criteria Used by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System in Determining Veterans’ Disability Claims with the Criteria Used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Sponsored by Representative Seth Berry (D – Bowdoinham)

What is the bill?

This bill provides that a veteran who is a member of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MEPERs) and who has been awarded a disability pension under the Veterans Administration (VA) for a service connected disability is qualified for disability retirement benefits under the MEPERs system. Currently, there is often a long and difficult lag to get the needed disability retirement benefits through MEPERS. This is a small, important fix that will help veterans and has no fiscal cost.

What happened?

Passed into Law

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