MA S1475

Bill

Relative to restoration to service

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
11/18/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to restoration to service for certain retirees. Public Service.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Massachusetts retirement law, Chapter 32, to expand the options for certain retirees to be restored to active service. The key provisions include: (1) allowing retirees to be evaluated for a specific identified position, not just their former position, and if found able to perform the duties, be permitted to return to active service in that position; and (2) requiring the original retirement system to provide creditable service for any period of disability if the member returns to service in a different retirement system, and to be assessed a portion of the disability pension if the member is subsequently retired for a disability related to the original injury.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (1)

Will Brownsberger (D),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (on 11/18/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1475

(26 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1475
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1475.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2165	To expand teacher creditable service	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2188	Relative to the payment of an agency service fee	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2203	Increasing the minimum pension for public retirees	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2268	Relative to retirement benefits for Thomas Brian Donnelly	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2309	Authorizing the State Retirement Board to grant creditable service to James Wright	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2370	Expanding creditable service benefits to veterans who have served in the armed forces of the United States	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2373	Relative to chapter 15A	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2962	Providing for a study to be conducted on the cost feasibility of implementing a ferry service to Long Island in Boston Harbor	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Similar To
H3215	Establishing veterans’ service officers as mandated reporters	Accompanied a study order, see H4404	Similar To
H3304	Relative to telephone service for inmates in all correctional and other penal institutions in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3815	Exempting the position of sealer of weights and measures within the town of Lynnfield from the Civil Service Law	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
H3868	Relative to creditable service	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H4010	Authorizing the Town of Ware to exempt Christopher Scott Romani from the maximum age requirement for applying for Civil Service appointment as a police officer	Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, H5170	Similar To
H4042	Exempting certain positions in the city known as the town of West Springfield from the civil service law	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
S1928	To equitably support enhanced 911 service	Accompanied a study order, see S2552	Similar To
S2257	Authorizing employees of the city of Fall River the ability to apply with the Fall River Retirement Board to purchase credible service for military service	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 173 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S2265	Exempting Paul Jacques from the maximum age requirement for applying for civil service appointment as a police officer in the town of North Andover	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 294 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S2360	Exempting all positions in the Police Department of the town of Rockport from the civil service law	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 41 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S2402	Relative to removing the position of police chief from civil service	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 277 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S2421	Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville	Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
S2428	Relative to a loan repayment program for human service workers	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2429	Relative to fair pay for comparable work	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2447	Regulating central service technicians	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2451	Relative to creditable service for Lisa Emma, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S874	Improving juror service responses	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S875	Improving juror service	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2165

To expand teacher creditable service