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H2793 • 2025

An Act authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently incapacitated workers

An Act authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently incapacitated workers

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Sponsor
Mark J. Cusack
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5312 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently incapacitated workers

An Act authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently incapacitated workers By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently incapacitated workers By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2793) of Mark J.
  • Cusack for legislation to provide local option for retirement boards to grant retirement to totally and permanently incapacitated workers.
  • Public Service.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5312 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-10-06 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-09-25 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  6. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently incapacitated workers
By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2793) of Mark J. Cusack for legislation to provide local option for retirement boards to grant retirement to totally and permanently incapacitated workers. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2793

Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 100A the following section:-

Section 100B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any city or town that accepts this section pursuant to section 4 of chapter 4 may direct its retirement board system to allow for the retirement of any member of the system who: (i) is a part of Group 4, as described in section 3, including members of a police and fire departments or any other public safety officers belonging to Group 4; and (ii) as a result of injuries sustained while in the performance of their duties, is totally and permanently incapacitated from performing the essential duties of the job employed at the time of the injuries sustained.

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