{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-78.5526","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 78.5526","heading":"Employment  and medical review after disability retirement -- Filing of","body":"review  forms  -- Duty  of Authority to assist in obtaining records --\nInvestigation of fraud.\n(1) Once  each year following the retirement of a person on a disability retirement\nallowance, except for persons who become  totally and permanently disabled\nas a direct result of an act in line of duty as defined in KRS  78.510 or become\ndisabled as a result of a duty-related injury as defined in KRS  61.621 in which\ncase shall be once every three (3) years following retirement, or less frequently\nas determined by the Authority's medical examiner but not less than once\nevery five (5) years, the system may  require the person, prior to his or her\nnormal retirement date, to undergo an employment and medical staff review\nand, if necessary, be required to file at the retirement office on the review form\nprescribed by the Authority current employment  information and  current\nmedical information for the bodily injury, mental illness, or disease for which he\nor she receives a disability retirement allowance. The person shall have one\nhundred eighty (180) days from the day the Authority sent the review form by\nUnited States first-class mail to the person's last address on file in the\nretirement office, by electronic mail to the person's last electronic mail address\non  file in the retirement office, or by other electronic means  to file at the\nretirement office the review form and the current employment and medical\ninformation. The person shall certify to the Authority that the review form,\nincluding current employment  and  medical information, is ready to be\nevaluated by the medical examiner in accordance with KRS 78.5528.\n(2) If, after good faith efforts, the person informs the Authority that he or she has\nbeen  unable to obtain the employment or medical information, the Authority\nshall assist the person in obtaining the records and may  use the powers\ngranted pursuant to KRS 61.685(1) to obtain the records.\n(3) If the person fails or refuses to file at the retirement office the review form,\nincluding the current employment and medical information, his or her retirement\nallowance shall be discontinued or reduced on the first day of the month\nfollowing the expiration of the one hundred eighty (180) days from the day the\nAuthority sent the review form by United States first-class mail to the person's\nlast address on file in the retirement office, by electronic mail to the person's\nlast electronic mail address on file in the retirement office, or by other electronic\nmeans.  The Authority shall send notice of the discontinuance or reduction of\nthe disability retirement allowance by United States first-class mail to the\nperson's last address on file in the retirement office, by electronic mail to the\nperson's last electronic mail address on file in the retirement office, or by other\nelectronic means. If the person's benefits are discontinued or reduced under\nthis section, his or her rights to further disability retirement allowances shall\ncease, except as provided by KRS 78.5528.\n(4) The Kentucky Public Pensions Authority shall hire or contract for the services\nof one (1) or more investigators to investigate potential fraud involving disability\nbenefits with the system. The investigators shall evaluate potential cases of\ndisability fraud and conduct spot audits for potential fraud as determined by the\nsystem  in cases involving members  who  become  totally and permanently\ndisabled as a direct result of an act in line of duty as defined in KRS  78.510 or\nbecome  disabled as a result of a duty-related injury as defined in KRS 61.621.","path":["KRS Chapter 78"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52275","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:38Z","sha256":"4c358d3969f44931dd9bb6555a9a8a23895345b7d7e8a380926b8a863de5ff4d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-78.5524","next":"us-ky/krs-78.5528"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}