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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 182 Expands Duty-Related Disability and Retiree Health Benefits for Public Employees
Last action · January 14, 2026: to State Government (H)Sponsors: A. Tackett Laferty and 13 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 182 revises state retirement systems to broaden eligibility for duty-related injury disability benefits, establish specific health insurance premium contributions for surviving spouses and children, and permit certain former nonhazardous position workers whose jobs could be classified as hazardous to apply for retroactive duty-related disability benefits by January 1, 2027.
Public employees and their surviving family members face modified qualification thresholds and benefit calculations for duty-related injuries, while participating employers and state retirement trust funds adjust contribution structures and health insurance subsidies.
- The Kentucky General Assembly enacts laws governing state-administered retirement systems, including pension calculations, disability definitions, and health insurance trust funds. context
- State-administered retirement systems in Kentucky cover state employees, county employees, and state police officers under distinct statutory frameworks. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State and Local Public Employees
Public employees participating in state-administered retirement systems face modified disability qualification standards, contribution deductions, and health insurance benefit calculations.
Surviving Spouses and Dependent Children
Surviving family members of members who experience duty-related deaths become eligible for revised lump-sum amounts, monthly percentage allowances, and fully paid health insurance premiums.
Participating Employers
State and local agencies participating in retirement systems must contribute required amounts to insurance trust funds and execute payroll deductions for member insurance contributions.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What qualifies as a duty-related injury under this bill?
What benefits are provided to a surviving spouse if an employee dies from a duty-related injury?
Can former employees who left public service before the bill's passage still apply for these disability benefits?
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeto State Government (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Retroactive Disability Application Window
The bill opens a specific retroactive application period running from January 1, 2022, through January 1, 2027, for employees in nonhazardous roles meeting hazardous criteria.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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