PERAC Memo #24 - 2018: Cost of Living Increase for Supplemental Dependent Allowance

Cost of Living Increase for Supplemental Dependent Allowance Paid to Accidental Disability Retirees and Accidental Death Survivors

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Summary

This memo sets the 2018 supplemental dependent allowance at $924.60 per eligible child per year, effective July 1, 2018, for retirement systems that have accepted the provisions of G.L. c. 32, §§ 7(2)(a)(iii), 22D, or 9(2)(d)(ii).

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M E M O R A N D U M

TO: All Retirement Boards

FROM: Joseph E. Connarton, Executive Director

RE: Cost of Living Increase for Supplemental Dependent Allowance Paid to Accidental Disability Retirees and Accidental Death Survivors

DATE: July 27, 2018

Any retirement system which has accepted the supplemental dependent allowance provided for in G.L. c. 32 § 7(2)(a)(iii), or which has accepted the provisions of G.L. c. 32, § 22D (under which the supplemental dependent allowance is also deemed to have been accepted), shall pay an annual amount of $924.60 beginning July 1, 2018 for each eligible child as defined in G.L. c. 32, § 7(2)(a)(iii).

Also, any retirement system which has accepted the additional pension for dependent children provided for in G.L. c. 32, § 9(2)(d)(ii), shall pay an annual amount of $924.60 beginning July 1, 2018 for each eligible child as defined in G.L. c. 32, § 9(2)(d).

Please contact PERAC's actuary, John Boorack, if you have any questions on this issue.