PURPOSE: This rule establishes the policy regarding the maximum disability benefit for employees. 16 CSR 40-3

The maximum benefit period for employees disabled prior to sixty (60) years of age shall be the period beginning from the latter of the 181st day after disability, or the day following the day sick leave benefits are exhausted to the earlier of the end of the month in which the employee becomes sixty-five (65) years of age, or the date the employee begins receiving retirement benefits. The maximum benefit period for employees disabled on or after the attainment of sixty (60) years of age shall be the period commencing on the 181st day after disability, or the day following the exhaustion of sick leave benefits, whichever occurs later, for a maximum of five (5) years and a minimum of one (1) year, in accordance with the following schedule: Age at Disability

69 and over

AUTHORITY: sections 104.210.2, RSMo Supp. 1988 and 104.515.3 and 536.023.3, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed Feb. 16, 1988, effective May 12, 1988. *Original authority: 104.210.2, RSMo 1955, amended 1983, 1988; 104.515.3, RSMo 1972, amended 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992; and 536.023.3, RSMo 1975, amended 1976.