PERAC Memo #24 - 2017: Cost of Living Increase for Supplemental Dependent Allowance Paid to Accidental Disability Retirees and Accidental Death Survivors

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

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Summary

This memo announces that the annual supplemental dependent allowance under G.L. c. 32, § 7(2)(a)(iii) and the additional pension for dependent children under § 9(2)(d)(ii) are both set at $897.72 per eligible child, effective July 1, 2017. The adjustment applies to systems that have accepted those provisions or that accepted § 22D, under which the supplemental dependent allowance is deemed to have been accepted.

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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 21, 2017

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 $897.72 beginning July 1, 2017 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 $897.72 beginning July 1, 2017 for each eligible child as defined in G.L. c. 32, § 9(2)(d).

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