IC 5-10-8-25: Disability plans; correctional officer

Sec. 25. (a) This section applies to a correctional officer employed by the department of correction who is injured after June 30, 2022.

(b) For purposes of this section, "qualified wages" means:

(1) the number of hours that a correctional officer is typically scheduled to work during a pay period, as determined by the department of correction; multiplied by

(2) the injured employee's rate of pay as of the date of the injury.

(c) The plans adopted under section 7(d) of this chapter must provide on a biweekly basis, after a seven (7) day elimination period, one hundred percent (100%) of qualified wages for an employee who is disabled by injuries resulting from tortious acts, as distinguished from passive negligence, that occur within the employee's scope of state employment.