An Act relative to the maintenance of pre-employment physical examination records for public safety personnel in the city of Peabody

This bill (HD 5609) modifies how the City of Peabody handles missing pre-employment physical exam records for public safety personnel (like police and firefighters) applying for accidental disability retirement. It requires the Peabody Retirement Board to use specific legal presumptions when records are unavailable. The key provision allows an affidavit from the member or employer to prove a physical exam was completed, stating it didn't reveal the disabling condition sought in the retirement claim. This affidavit would then be accepted as valid evidence of the required exam, streamlining the retirement process when records are lost or incomplete.