An Act authorizing the city of New Bedford Retirement Board to provide certain retirement benefits to Lavar Gilbert

HD 450 authorizes the New Bedford Retirement Board to provide special retirement benefits to Lavar Gilbert, a police detective permanently disabled by work-related injuries sustained on July 17, 2023. The bill sets his pension at the full salary he would have received had he continued working, non-taxable, and includes coverage for medical expenses related to his injury under existing law. It also provides Gilbert a lump sum equal to his accumulated retirement deductions and guarantees his wife Sandra an annuity of 75% of his pension upon his death. This targeted bill modifies standard retirement rules for one individual under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 32.