(1) A participating employer shall cover a public safety service 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.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 49-23-601

  • Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • Firefighter service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
              (6)(a)(i) a firefighter service employee trained in firefighter techniques and assigned to a position of hazardous duty with a regularly constituted fire department;
              (6)(a)(ii) the state fire marshal appointed under Section 53-7-103 or a deputy state fire marshal;
              (6)(a)(iii) a firefighter service employee who is:
                   (6)(a)(iii)(A) hired on or after July 1, 2021;
                   (6)(a)(iii)(B) trained in firefighter techniques;
                   (6)(a)(iii)(C) assigned to a position of hazardous duty; and
                   (6)(a)(iii)(D) employed by the state as a participating employer; or
              (6)(a)(iv) an emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 49-23-102
  • Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • Participating employer: means an employer that meets the participation requirements of:
         (9)(a) Sections 49-14-201 and 49-14-202;
         (9)(b) Sections 49-15-201 and 49-15-202;
         (9)(c) Sections 49-16-201 and 49-16-202; or
         (9)(d) Sections 49-23-201 and 49-23-202. See Utah Code 49-23-102
  • Program: means the Public Employees' Insurance Program created under Chapter 20, Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act, or the Public Employees' Long-Term Disability program created under Chapter 21, Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act. See Utah Code 49-11-102
  • Public safety service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
              (10)(a)(i) a law enforcement officer in accordance with Section 53-13-103;
              (10)(a)(ii) a correctional officer in accordance with Section 53-13-104;
              (10)(a)(iii) a special function officer approved in accordance with Sections 49-15-201 and 53-13-105;
              (10)(a)(iv) a dispatcher who is certified in accordance with Section 53-6-303;
              (10)(a)(v) a full-time member of the Board of Pardons and Parole created under Section 77-27-2;
              (10)(a)(vi) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety; or
              (10)(a)(vii) the executive director of the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 49-23-102
  • Volunteer firefighter: means any individual who is not regularly employed as a firefighter service employee, but who:
              (14)(a)(i) has been trained in firefighter techniques and skills;
              (14)(a)(ii) continues to receive regular firefighter training; and
              (14)(a)(iii) is on the rolls of a legally organized volunteer fire department that provides ongoing training and serves a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 49-23-102
(2)

     (2)(a) A participating employer shall cover a firefighter service employee who initially enters employment on or after July 1, 2011, under Chapter 21, Public Employees’ Long-Term Disability Act.
     (2)(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.
     (2)(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.