Section 31 IAC 5-9-12 - Long-term benefits; durationAuthority: IC 4-15-2.2-19; IC 5-10-8-7
Affected: IC 4-15; IC 22-3-2
Sec. 12.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, long-term disability benefit payments are limited to a maximum duration of four (4) years.(b) Benefits will only be provided as long as the employee is deemed disabled.(c) The maximum short-term and long-term benefit period for a mental or nervous disability is limited to twenty-four (24) months.(d) The maximum short-term and long-term benefit period for drug or alcohol dependency rehabilitation is limited to twenty-four (24) months.(e) The maximum benefit period for a disability occurring on or after attaining sixty-two (62) years of age is limited as follows: | Age at Disability | Benefit Duration |
| 62 | 3.50 years |
| 63 | 3.00 years |
| 64 | 2.50 years |
| 65 | 2.00 years |
| 66 | 1.75 years |
| 67 | 1.50 years |
| 68 | 1.25 years |
| 69 + | 1.00 year |
State Personnel Department; 31 IAC 5-9-12; filed May 10, 2012, 2:32 p.m.: 20120606-IR-031110446FRAReadopted filed 6/1/2018, 9:50 a.m.: 20180627-IR-031180194RFA