2014 Indiana Code TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE 10. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CHAPTER 17. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER DISABILITY BENEFITS
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IC 5-10-17
Chapter 17. Emergency Medical Services Provider Disability
Benefits
IC 5-10-17-1
Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an emergency medical services
provider who is:
(1) employed by a municipal corporation; and
(2) not eligible for a disability benefit under IC 36-8-6,
IC 36-8-7, IC 36-8-7.5, or IC 36-8-8.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
IC 5-10-17-2
"Emergency medical services provider"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "emergency medical services
provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-10-1.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
IC 5-10-17-3
"Fiscal body"
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fiscal body" has the meaning set
forth in IC 36-1-2-6.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
IC 5-10-17-4
"Municipal corporation"
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "municipal corporation" has the
meaning set forth in IC 5-10-9-1.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
IC 5-10-17-5
Disability insurance programs authorized; elimination period;
self-insurance; exclusions; fiscal body approval
Sec. 5. (a) A municipal corporation may provide programs of
disability insurance to its emergency medical services providers who
become disabled as the result of an injury or illness:
(1) that is not covered by:
(A) worker's compensation (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6); or
(B) worker's occupational diseases compensation (IC
22-3-7); or
(2) for which coverage under worker's compensation or
worker's occupational diseases compensation has been
exhausted.
(b) A program established under subsection (a) may not have an
elimination or waiting period of greater than the following before a
benefit begins:
(1) Thirty (30) days, for a short term disability program.
(2) One hundred twenty (120) days, for a long term disability
program.
(c) A municipal corporation may provide the programs of
disability insurance described in subsection (a) through either of the
following:
(1) By purchasing policies of group insurance.
(2) By establishing self-insurance programs.
(d) A municipal corporation may exclude from coverage under a
program of disability insurance an emergency medical services
provider who:
(1) is a part-time employee (as defined by the municipal
corporation); or
(2) provides services to the municipal corporation under a
contract.
(e) The establishment of a self-insurance program under this
section is subject to the approval of the municipal corporation's fiscal
body.
As added by P.L.20-2014, SEC.1.
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