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This bill is a special legislative act designed to authorize the retirement of Kathleen Rocheville, a Salem police officer who was permanently disabled due to injuries sustained while performing her duties in 2015. The bill provides comprehensive retirement and disability benefits, including a retirement pension equal to her full police officer salary, with provisions that the annual amount will be based on her compensation at the time of retirement and continue until her death or mandatory retirement age. Rocheville will receive non-taxable benefits and a lump sum of her accumulated retirement deductions, and if she is married, her spouse will be eligible for a 75% annuity of her pension upon her death. Additionally, the bill ensures that Rocheville will be reimbursed for all hospital, medical, and related expenses incurred as a result of her injury, and in the event that both she and her spouse die, any remaining benefits will be equally distributed among her surviving children under 18 or children up to 22 who are full-time students or permanently disabled. The bill requires a medical panel examination to confirm her permanent disability, though this requirement may be waived if she is already receiving disability benefits, and it will take effect immediately upon passage.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2613