{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-61.605","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 61.605","heading":"Disability retirement allowance.","body":"(1) Upon  disability retirement, except as provided by subsection (2) of this section,\nan  employee may  receive an annual retirement allowance payable monthly\nduring his or her lifetime which shall be determined in the same manner as for\nretirement at his or her normal retirement date with years of service and final\ncompensation being determined as of the date of his or her disability except\nthat service credit shall be added to the person's total service beginning with\nhis or her last date of paid employment and continuing to his or her sixty-fifth\nbirthday; however, the maximum  service credit added shall not exceed the total\nservice the person had upon his or her last day of paid employment, and the\nmaximum  combined service credit for calculating his or her disability retirement\nallowance, including total service and  added  service, shall not exceed\ntwenty-five (25) years. If, however, a person has accumulated twenty-five (25)\nor more years of total service, he or she shall receive added service necessary\nto bring his or her combined service credit, including total and added service, to\ntwenty-seven (27) years.\n(2) (a) For a member  whose participation begins on or after August 1, 2004, but\nprior to January 1, 2014, the disability retirement allowance shall be the\nhigher of twenty percent (20%) of the member's monthly final rate of pay\nor the retirement allowance determined in the same  manner  as for\nretirement at his or her normal retirement date with years of service and\nfinal compensation being determined as of the date of his or her disability.\n(b) For a member  who begins participating on or after January 1, 2014, in the\nhybrid cash balance plan as provided by KRS  61.597, the disability\nretirement allowance shall be the higher of twenty percent (20%) of the\nmember's  monthly final rate of pay  or the retirement allowance\ndetermined in the same  manner as for retirement at his or her normal\nretirement date under KRS 61.597.","path":["KRS Chapter 61"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50834","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:15Z","sha256":"79657bb87cd311549fd3623289c6f9fa82c501412e905184582a0172d3aea5c7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-61.600","next":"us-ky/krs-61.607"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}