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AUGUSTA Senator Dave Miramant, D-Camden, introduced Monday a bill to fix problems in the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MEPERS) Disability Retirement Program.
The bill, LD 1644, “An Act To Improve the Disability Retirement Program of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System,” received a public hearing before the Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee.
“The problems with the MEPERS Disability Retirement Program are very concerning and systemic,” said Sen. Miramant. “This is my second time proposing legislation to improve MEPERS disability retirement. Some of the reforms we have suggested have begun to be implemented, but the work is not done. We require state employees to lose Social Security and enroll in MEPERS, yet we are letting them down when they need help. We must ensure that this never happens again and that workers are able to access the benefits they are promised.”
AUGUSTA A bill sponsored by Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, to support youth aging out of foster care recently received unanimous committee support.
LD 1091, “An Act To Improve the Long-term Outcomes for Youth Transitioning from State Care by Raising the Upper Age Limit for Voluntary Support Eligibility,” was voted ought to pass as amended by the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee.
“For the past eight years, I have had the pleasure and honor of working with young adults who are in the care of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services,” said Sen. Curry. “These are amazingly diverse young people who have great personal strengths. However, the challenges facing our young people who leave care at 18 are also great. Too often, our youth are in over their heads and left unsupported for the challenges that come their way.”