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TINA PERILLI
DISABILITY REPORT
Time to check beneficiaries,
life insurance and IOD count
Ha ppy New Year t o y ou. The Disability C omm ittee you have been car rie d in this status. You may contact your supervisor
wishes y ou th e best of healt h. We are available for calls at and/or the Medical Services Section (MSS) to check your day count. theFOP OfficeMo n daythro ughFriday.ClickontheD is- I thasbee nb rou ghttomyattentionthatseveralmembershavealmost ability P age link on the FOP website for more informa- exhausted this benefit. The MSS will notify the officer in writing when
tion. approaching the last 100 days of being limited duty non-IOD or using up
Sin cetheN e wYearhasbe gun,Iwouldsuggestthatall oneyearmedicaloroneyearIOD.Thiswillallowenoughtimetoapply
m e m b e r s c h e c k o n t h e i r b e n e f i c i a r i e s f o r a l l y o u r i n s u r - f o r d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s i n t h e e v e n t t h e o f f i c e r i s u n a b l e t o r e t u r n t o w o r k .
ance policie s, deferre d com pensation, bank accounts, Please notify the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund at 312-744-3891
pension a ccou nt , et c. In terms of life insurance, please six to eight weeks before you are required to apply for a disability hearing.
re fer t o the Collect ive Bargaining Agreement, Article 25, Some officers are inquiring what a Functional Capacity Evaluation
S e c t i o n 2 5 . 1 , L i f e I n s u r a n c e : “ T h e E m p l o y e r a g r e e s t o p r o v i d e a $ 7 5 , 0 0 0 ( F C E ) i s u s e d f o r a n d w h y t h e y n e e d t o t a k e t h e t e s t . T h e F C E i s u s e d b y
li fe insu rance b ene fit at no co st to the Officer; and AD&D shall be physicians and case managers to test our disabled officers. The FCE is
$5,0 00.” performed by a physical or occupational therapist which will use stan-
The Employ er agrees to provid e p rocedures for the officers to dardized tests that include diagnosis, impairment and pain and func-
purch ase opti on al Grou p Ter m Life Insura nce and Universal Life Insur- tional limitation. The FCE could take hours and during the evaluation
ance,in additi ontoba si cGr oupTer mLifeI nsurancecoverageprovided theofficer’ssafetyandwell-beingshouldbetakenwithduediligenceto
above,forwhic hthec ostt othe officer“ shallnotexceedthecurrentcost possiblechanceofinjuryduringthecourseoftheevaluation.Ifyouhave
negotiate db ythe Employer. ”O fficersw illbepermittedtopurchaseany anyquestionsregardingtheFCE,pleasecontactyourcaseworker.
amou ntofop tiona linsuranc eco verage inm ultiplesofupto10timesthe Ifanofficerishavinganyproblems,whetherpersonalorworkrelated,
officer' sannua lsalary,ro und edup t othe ne xt$1,000butnottoexceed thereishelpavailable.Peersupportcanbereachedat312-743-0378.
$1,500. There are no records kept and it's always confidential. The peer support
Iwo uldliketo rem ind allo fficersthat theyhavethebenefitofbeing programisavailable24hoursaday,sevendaysaweekand365daysa
onlim itedduty for 730d ays duri ng th ecourseoftheircareers .Thisisfo r y ea r. limite dduty ,non -IOD officer sonly.Ple asekeeptrackofho w manyda ys Untilnext mon th,st aywell,takecareofyourselfandbesafe.d
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