Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act
New Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Contributory Retirement Act
Section 601
Long-term disability coverage.
     49-23-601.   Long-term disability coverage.
     (1) A participating employer shall cover a public safety employee who initially enters employment on or after July 1, 2011, under Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act, or a substantially similar long-term disability program.
     (2) (a) A participating employer shall cover a firefighter employee who initially enters employment on or after July 1, 2011, under Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act.
     (b) In accordance with this section, a participating employer shall provide long-term disability benefit coverage for a volunteer firefighter as provided under Section 49-16-701.
     (c) The office shall ensure that the cost of the long-term disability benefit coverage provided under Subsections (2)(a) and (b) is funded with revenue received under Section 49-11-901.5.

Amended by Chapter 298, 2012 General Session
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