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Code · New Jersey · Title 43 — Property · Chapter 16A

43:16A-7.4 Permanent and total disability.

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1. For purposes of paragraph
(1)of subsection a. of section 7 P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-7), permanent and total disability shall be deemed to have occurred as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring during and as a result of the performance of regular or assigned duties if:
the member contracts COVID-19 and tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended;
the member is permanently and totally disabled as a result of COVID-19; and
the member's regular or assigned duties required the member to interact, and the member so interacted, with the public or to directly supervise other personnel so interacting with the public on any date during the public health emergency in the State declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended and within 14 calendar days prior to the appearance of symptoms consistent with COVID-19 that shall have been confirmed in writing by a licensed health care provider on a form approved by the board of trustees and also confirmed by a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2.
A member who retired during the public health emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order No. 103 of 2020 and as extended, and has been approved for a retirement allowance pursuant to a provision other than this section or section 7 of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-7) prior to the effective date of this act, P.L.2020, c.54, may apply for a retirement allowance pursuant to this section and, if approved, the prior approval shall be rescinded and the retirement allowance pursuant to approval under this section shall be made retroactive to the date of the initial approval of the rescinded retirement allowance.
This section shall not apply to any member who has retired and subsequently returned to employment pursuant to Executive Order No. 115 of 2020 or any other executive order similarly permitting a retired member to return to employment without reenrollment to assist during the public health emergency and state of emergency.
New onset diseases and chronic psychological disease resulting from prior exposure to, and recovery from, COVID-19 shall not be deemed a permanent and total disability resulting from COVID-19.
L.2020, c.54, s.1.
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