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... A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund determined to be eligible for a disability benefit under division (D)(1) of section 742.38 of the Revised Code shall be paid annual disability benefits, payable in twelve monthly installments, in an amount equal to seventy-two per cent of the member's average annual salary. If, as of July 2, 2013, the member had fifteen or more years of service credit, the aver...

...to undergo a medical examination at any time it considers necessary. (c) If a disability benefit recipient refuses to submit to a medical examination, the recipient's disability benefit shall be suspended until the recipient withdraws the refusal. If the refusal continues for one year, the recipient's rights under and to the disability benefit are terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. (3)...

...vidual. (C) All medical reports and recommendations required are privileged, except as follows: (1) Copies of medical reports or recommendations shall be made available to the personal physician, attorney, or authorized agent of the individual concerned upon written release received from the individual or the individual's agent or, when necessary for the proper administration of the fund, to the board-assigned...

...f trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall provide for the maintenance of an individual account with each member of the fund and other system retirant showing the amount of the member's or retirant's contributions.

...dministering the plan, the board shall comply with sections 742.44 to 742.446 of the Revised Code and may do all things necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended, applicable to governmental plans. The board shall adopt rules to implement this section and sections 742.44 to 742.446 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify the date of initial implementa...

... an election, an eligible member shall complete and submit to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a form prescribed by the fund. At this time the member may, but is not required to, elect under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code to have the member's monthly pension calculated as a retirement allowance payable throughout the member's life or a retirement allowance under option 2 in division (A) of section 74...

...tive service of a police or fire department but shall not earn service credit under this chapter for employment after the election's effective date. While the member is in the active service of a police or fire department, the member shall contribute to the Ohio police and fire pension fund in accordance with section 742.31 of the Revised Code and the employer shall contribute and report in accordance with either sec...

... member's life, except that, if at the time of electing to participate in the plan the member selected the plan of payment in option 2 of division (A) of section 742.3711 of the Revised Code, the pension shall be calculated using that plan of payment. A member who participates in the plan is not eligible to make an election under division (D) of section 742.3716 of the Revised Code.

...ction 742.444 of the Revised Code are completed, the amounts described in divisions (A) and (B)(1) of this section shall earn interest at an annual rate established by the board of trustees of the fund and compounded annually using a method established by rule adopted under section 742.43 of the Revised Code.

...ember selected a plan of payment at the time of electing to participate in the plan. The pension shall commence not later than the first day of the second month following the date the employee ceases to participate in the plan. (C) If, at the end of the eight-year period that begins on the effective date of a member's election to participate in the plan, the member has failed to terminate active service in a p...

...es participation in the deferred retirement option plan due to acceptance by the member of a disability benefit awarded by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, both of the following apply: (A) The member shall forfeit all amounts that have accrued under section 742.443 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirement option plan, and those amounts shall be treated ...

...or the retirement allowance resulting from an election made by the member under section 742.3711 of the Revised Code. (C) A pension, benefit, or allowance described in division (B) of this section is effective on the first day of the month after the member's date of death. Payments shall not commence until the board receives any documentation it requires pursuant to rules adopted by the board.

...e and fire pension fund shall request from the employer verification of the member's termination date and any other information the fund determines necessary to calculate and pay a pension under that division. The verification of termination shall be filed in accordance with section 742.351 of the Revised Code.

...nter into an agreement with insurance companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, or surgical benefits, or any combination thereof, for those individuals receiving service or disability pensions or survivor benefits subscribing to the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of this cha...

...y enter into agreements with insurance companies or other entities authorized to conduct business in this state. If the board establishes a program under this section, it shall adopt rules to administer the program.

...n mandamus instituted in the court of common pleas in the county in which the person granted such benefit or pension resides.

...hio police and fire pension fund shall comply with that withholding order in making the payment. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the board receives notice pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with a violation ...

...on (B) of this section at the following times as appropriate: (1) If the participant has applied for or is receiving a benefit or has applied for but not yet received a lump sum payment, as soon as practicable; (2) If the participant has not applied for a benefit or lump sum payment, on application by the participant for a benefit or lump sum payment. (D) If the fund transfers a participant's service credit or con...

...hio police and fire pension fund shall comply with that order in making the payment. Upon payment of the person's accumulated contributions and cancellation of the corresponding service credit, a person who is subject to the forfeiture described in this division may not restore the canceled service credit under this chapter or under Chapter 145., 3305., 3307., 3309., or 5505. of the Revised Code. (B) Notwiths...

...io police and fire pension fund shall comply with the order. On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that an Ohio police and fire pension fund member is charged with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division, the fund shall determine whether the member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the fun...

...dividual from the Ohio police and fire pension fund are not liable to attachment, garnishment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process or any other process of law whatsoever, whether those sums remain with the treasurer of the fund or any officer or agent of the board of trustees of the fund or are in the course of transmission to the individual entitled t...

...r 742. of the Revised Code, may, at any time, waive the person's rights thereto, or to a portion thereof, by filing a written notice of waiver with the person from the Ohio police and fire pension fund. Such waiver shall remain in effect until the first day of the month following the person's death, or the person's filing of a written cancellation of such waiver with the board. Any amount so waived shall forever be...

...f a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund and credited to the member's account in the fund. If a member of the fund dies before receiving pension and benefit payments from the fund in an amount equal to the member's contribution and leaves no surviving spouse, surviving children, or dependent parent eligible for monthly pension payments under section 742.37 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of the...

...prior to January 1, 1985, to transfer from the public employees retirement system to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. When such an election is made, the public employees retirement system shall certify to the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the records of the service and contributions of such member and shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund all contributions to the credit of the me...

...983, was appointed to the police department of a newly incorporated municipal corporation, whether pursuant to section 124.41 of the Revised Code or otherwise, directly from a police department of the township from which such municipal corporation was incorporated, such members shall be given full credit for service as a full-time township police officer and as a full-time police officer in the municipal corporation ...