LEOFF 1 Coalition Board Meeting

The Coalition's Board Meeting will be Monday, November 30, 2020, at 10:00am.

If you have any questions or would like to participate, call Joyce at 360-790-9129.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The LEOFF 1 Coalition Board Members and Executive Director would like to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. We hope everyone stays safe and healthy.

Select Committee on Pension Policy Meeting

• Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 12:15 PM
• Location: Virtual

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Get Up to Speed on Pensions

Wednesday, December 9, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Please submit your questions to state.actuary@leg.wa.gov by November 15, 2020.

New to the Legislature or state pensions? Knowledgeable about pensions, but want a refresher or an update on current events? This session provided by OSA staff is for you! At the end of this session, you will walk away with an understanding of some pension basics like who’s covered, who governs our state pensions, how are they funded, how well funded are they, and a better understanding of current events and how they affect pensions.

If you can’t make it, don’t worry. The session will be recorded and available on OSA’s Education site by December 18, 2020.

Please click the link below to join the webinar on December 9*: https://leg-wa-gov.zoom.us/j/99345350267?pwd=djZxa0dYYXVRVnpxZU5ONDZESHNOUT09 Passcode: 730691

Due to technology limitations we are unable to offer a real-time Q&A chat option. You are welcome to submit questions to OSA in advance and we will do our best to answer them during the session. Please note we may not be able to answer every question in the time allotted, however we will get back to you with a response. Questions and answers may be subject to future public disclosure requests.

*For more Zoom information:
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Dear Coalition Member

Thank you for supporting the LEOFF 1 Coalition through your memberships and donations. Your support allows us to fight to protect the pension and medical benefits of LEOFF 1 members and beneficiaries from mergers and consolidations. Click here for more detailed information on how your donations are used.

The Coalition Board would like to apologize for the delay in sending thank you cards for your membership and donations. Due to COVID19 and the reopening restrictions from the governor, we cannot have volunteers come into the office and write the thank you cards. Access to the membership list is limited to the Coalition's Treasurer and office due to the Privacy Act put forth by the Coalition. At this time, Joyce Willms, Executive Director, is the only person working at the Coalition office. Thank you for your continued support. Please bear with us as we catch up.

Sincerely,
Joyce Willms

Join the LEOFF 1 Coalition, exclusively representing LEOFF 1 retirees and beneficiaries!

The LEOFF 1 Coalition is now a non-profit membership organization. Sign up and become a member today!

Click here for the PAYROLL DEDUCTION MEMBERSHIP form - PDF VERSION

Click here for the MEMBERSHIP & CONTRIBUTION form. PDF VERSION

Print out the LEOFF 1 Coalition membership form, fill it out, and mail it to the LEOFF 1 Coalition office:
407 West Bay Drive NW
Olympia, WA 98502

June 2020 Financial Report Breakdown

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2019 Annual Financial Report Breakdown

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LEOFF 1 Survivor Benefits
Originally posted on the WSRDSPOA blog by Don McCabe

This is 2020 and it has happened again. Another LEOFF 1 couple with the spouse not signed up as a surviving beneficiary.

This LEOFF 1 member had been married, but divorced. After he divorced, he retired in 1977. He married his current wife in 1980. At that time, he told her that he didn’t think he could have her as a surviving beneficiary. So he did nothing.

Read the whole post here.

Internal Revenue Code Exclusive Benefit Rules

WAC 415-02-756
No assets of the retirement system may be used for or diverted to a purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the members and their beneficiaries at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to members and their beneficiaries.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.50.050(5). WSR 10-24-099, § 415-02-756, filed 12/1/10, effective 1/1/11.]

LEOFF 1 Surplus Fund Can Only...

Benefit YOU and Your Beneficiary

WAC 415-02-756
The Washington State attorney opinions declare the LEOFF 1 Fund cannot be used for any purpose other than paying participants benefits.

Click here to read the news release from Attorney Hagens Berman.

RCW 41.54.080

Benefits under chapter - Contractual rights not established RCW 41.54.080

NO CHANGES CAN BE MADE AFTER RETIREMENT

The benefits provided under RCW 41.54.080 are not provided to employees as a matter of contractual right and the legislature retains the right to alter or abolish these benefits at any time prior to a member's retirement.

Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Retirement System RCW 41.26.030

Many members have been calling on what medical services they can receive. Please section 19 of this RCW, and please note subsection I:

(19) "Medical services" for plan 1 members, shall include the following as minimum services to be provided. Reasonable charges for these services shall be paid in accordance with RCW 41.26.150.

• (a) Hospital expenses: These are the charges made by a hospital, in its own behalf, for
• (i) Board and room not to exceed semiprivate room rate unless private room is required by the attending physician due to the condition of the patient.
• (ii) Necessary hospital services, other than board and room, furnished by the hospital.
• (b) Other medical expenses: The following charges are considered "other medical expenses," provided that they have not been considered as "hospital expenses".
• (i) The fees of the following:
• (A) A physician or surgeon licensed under the provisions of chapter 18.71 RCW;
• (B) An osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed under the provisions of chapter 18.57 RCW;
• (C) A chiropractor licensed under the provisions of chapter 18.25 RCW.
• (ii) The charges of a registered graduate nurse other than a nurse who ordinarily resides in the member's home, or is a member of the family of either the member or the member's spouse.
• (iii) The charges for the following medical services and supplies:
• (A) Drugs and medicines upon a physician's prescription;
• (B) Diagnostic X-ray and laboratory examinations;
• (C) X-ray, radium, and radioactive isotopes therapy;
• (D) Anesthesia and oxygen;
• (E) Rental of iron lung and other durable medical and surgical equipment;
• (F) Artificial limbs and eyes, and casts, splints, and trusses;
• (G) Professional ambulance service when used to transport the member to or from a hospital when injured by an accident or stricken by a disease;
• (H) Dental charges incurred by a member who sustains an accidental injury to his or her teeth and who commences treatment by a legally licensed dentist within ninety days after the accident;
• (I) Nursing home confinement or hospital extended care facility;
• (J) Physical therapy by a registered physical therapist;
• (K) Blood transfusions, including the cost of blood and blood plasma not replaced by voluntary donors;
• (L) An optometrist licensed under the provisions of chapter 18.53 RCW.
Click here to read the complete RCW.






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LEOFF Plan 1 Disability Benefits

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