IC 10-12-2-4: Mortality reserve account

Sec. 4. The department may establish, operate, and make necessary contributions to a mortality reserve account for the payment of supplementary death benefits to deceased employee beneficiaries. However, a supplementary death benefit may not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). The department may not use a deceased employee beneficiary's retirement date with the department as a factor in determining the amount of the deceased employee beneficiary's supplementary death benefit.