PERAC Memo #37 - 2005: 2005 Disability Data

2005 Disability Data

Summary

PERAC Memo #37/2005 requests that boards update their disability retiree records for 2005—reflecting deaths, nursing home confinement, waived allowances, returns to active status, or address changes—and complete the enclosed "New Member Data" form for all disability retirements approved during the year. Boards must return this information to PERAC by January 13, 2006, to ensure accurate data before the 2005 Annual Statements of Earned Income are mailed; the memo also notes that disability allowances are now terminated (not merely suspended) for non-compliance, and that retirees will be assigned a PERAC reference number in place of their Social Security number for security purposes.

Full Text

Memorandum 37 /2005

M E M O R A N D U M TO: All Retirement Boards FROM: Kevin P. Blanchette, Deputy Executive Director RE: 2005 Disability Data

DATE: December 9, 2005

In order to maintain an accurate and current disability retiree database, we request that you review the attached list and make all necessary status changes that occurred in the year 2005.
These changes should be made when a member is deceased, confined to a nursing home, has waived his/her allowance, has returned to active status, or has had a change of address.

Please be reminded that, as a result of a change in the law that now terminates a member’s allowance rather than suspends it for non-compliance, the importance of keeping PERAC apprised of any status changes is even greater.

Also, please fill out the enclosed “New Member Data” form in its entirety for all new retirees approved by your board for an accidental or ordinary disability in 2005. If any member is missing from your enclosed list, please include their information on the New Member Data form.
You should make additional copies of the blank form if needed. It is imperative that all information be returned to PERAC no later than January 13, 2006 to ensure accuracy in our member database prior to our mailing of the 2005 Annual Statements of Earned Income.

Copies of the Annual Statement of Earned Income Form and related instructions to the retirees will be shared with you so that you can become familiar with the forms and documents going to each disability retiree. For heightened security for all disability retirees, you will now see a “reference number” assigned by PERAC that will now replace their social security number.

Thank you for your continued cooperation in this matter. Should you have any questions, please direct them to Sandra King at 617-666-4446, ext. 947