1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to retirement; combination of workers' 
  1.3             compensation benefits and public pension plan 
  1.4             disability benefits; exempting certain state employees 
  1.5             from public pension plan disability benefit offset 
  1.6             from workers' compensation benefits. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [EXEMPTION TO STATUTORY OFFSET FROM WORKERS' 
  1.9   COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR STATE PENSION PLAN DISABILITY 
  1.10  BENEFITS.] 
  1.11     (a) The offset of a Minnesota state retirement system 
  1.12  disability benefit or retirement annuity otherwise required by 
  1.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 176.021, subdivision 7, does not 
  1.14  apply to a person described in paragraph (b). 
  1.15     (b) A person to whom paragraph (a) applies is a person who: 
  1.16     (1) was born on July 16, 1961; 
  1.17     (2) has been employed by the state as a nurse at the Anoka 
  1.18  metro regional treatment center since November 23, 1979, and 
  1.19  most recently was a registered nurse, senior; 
  1.20     (3) is receiving a disability benefit from the general 
  1.21  employee retirement plan of the Minnesota state retirement 
  1.22  system under Minnesota Statutes, section 352.113; and 
  1.23     (4) is totally and permanently disabled under Minnesota 
  1.24  Statutes, section 176.101, subdivision 5, and is eligible to 
  1.25  receive workers' compensation benefits as such. 
  1.26     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.1      Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment.