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urn: urn:us-la:rs:11:463
citation: "R.S. 11:463"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 11 › Subtitle II › Chapter 1 › Part IV › Subpart B"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1999, number: 19, section: 1, effective_date: 1999-05-21, role: enactment }
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# Certification of continuing eligibility for disability benefits; paid by the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 11:220(A), whenever the board of trustees requires any disability retiree who has not yet attained the equivalent age of regular retirement to undergo a medical examination to determine continued eligibility to receive a disability retirement benefit, the cost of such examination shall be paid by the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System.

B. A contested decision as to continued eligibility for disability benefits as a result of the required examination shall be appealed in accordance with R.S. 11:218. Any further medical examinations shall be at the expense of the party as set forth in R.S. 11:218.