{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-161.548","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 161.548","heading":"Purchase of service credit by individual who served in a regional","body":"community program for mental health and individuals with an intellectual\ndisability.\nA member of the Teachers' Retirement System who is in an active contributing status\nwith th e system, and who was formerly employed in a regional community service\nprogram for mental health and individuals with an intellectual disability, organized and\noperated under the provisions of KRS 210.370 to 210.480, which does not participate in a\nstate-administered retirement system, may obtain credit for the period of his or her service\nin the regional community program for mental health and individuals with an intellectual\ndisability by paying to the Teachers' Retirement System the full actuarial cost of the\nservice credit purchased, as provided in KRS 161.220(22). The service credit purchased\nmay not be used for meeting the service requirements set forth in KRS 161.600(1)(a) or\n(2) or 161.661(1). The payment shall not be picked up, as described in KRS 161.540(2),\nand the entire payment shall be placed in the teachers' savings fund.","path":["KRS Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51813","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:11Z","sha256":"1c7fc55b6c7014dc04b50f955e5e936bb9af9ef988b35e7758426f90ae09da44","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-161.547","next":"us-ky/krs-161.549"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}