RFFOW President's Message - June 2019

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LEOFF 2 Newsletter - January 2019

Select Committee on Pension Policy Meeting

• Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019
• Full Committee: 10:00am - 11:50pm in House Hearing Room A
• Exec Committee: 12:30pm - 1:45pm in House Hearing Room A

New Gun Laws Now in Effect

Annual forms to sign and return to King County re: LEOFF I Medical Benefits

For those of you covered under the KING COUNTY DISABILITY BOARD, check the forms you recently received.

According to Gerry Drake (WSRDSPOA), on the first of the three stapled pages he received, the phone number listed was one he had never even had (a Tucson area code) and the introductory paragraph on the second page had a fellow retiree's name filled in.

Be sure you check the pages for accuracy before sending them back to King County.

Upcoming Meetings You May Want to Attend:

LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board Meeting

• Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
• Time: 9:30am - 3:00pm
• Location: WSIB - Main Conference Room (2100 Evergreen Park Dr SW, Olympia, WA 98502)

Select Committee on Pension Policy Meeting

• Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2019
• Full Committee: 10:00am - 12:10pm in House Hearing Room B
• Exec Committee: 12:40pm - 1:35pm in House Conference Rooms B15/18

WSRDSPOA Dinner Meeting

• Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2019
• Board Meeting: 4:00pm
• Social Hour: 5:00pm
• Dinner: 6:00pm
• Location: Johnny's at Fife

Washington State 2016 Actuarial Valuation of LEOFF 1 Medical Benefits

LEOFF 1 Disability Board Best Practices

LEOFF Plan 1 Disability Benefits

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LEOFF Plan 1 disability benefits.

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.

LEOFF Plan 1 Handbook

COLAs for LEOFF Plan 1

Effective April 1, 2018

Below is a table for the LEOFF Plan 1 COLA as of April 1, 2018. To see all COLA percentages, click here.

Washington State Retirement Systems and Pension Funding

Pension and Investments

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