Disability plans.
Summary
Requires the long term and short term disability plans for state employees to provide on a biweekly basis, after a seven day elimination period, 100% of qualified wages for a correctional officer employed by the department of correction who is disabled by injuries resulting from certain tortious acts. Requires the state personnel department to amend a section of the Indiana Administrative Code. Defines a term. Makes conforming amendments and technical corrections.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2022
Last action Feb 1, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 25, 2022
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 46
Jan 25, 2022
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican36
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 78: yeas 46, nays 0
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CZ
Cindy Ziemke
RRepublican
P
Greg Walker
RRepublican
P
Phil Boots
RRepublican
Co
David Niezgodski
DDemocratic
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