ASSEMBLY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5442

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  NOVEMBER 15, 2021

      The Assembly State and Local Government Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5442.

      This bill provides that a member of the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) may be eligible for an accidental disability retirement allowance if the member becomes permanently and totally disabled because a preexisting and asymptomatic condition that the member had previously is later rendered symptomatic as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of regular or assigned duties.