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<br />e <br /> <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />44 <br /> <br />consistent with the other major Minnesota pension plans. The state must also allow for city <br />managers to opt-in to PERA provided there is no employer buy-back obligation. <br /> <br />HR-9. State Paid Police and Fire Medical Insurance <br /> <br />· The slate must fully fund programs that pay for health insurance for police and fire <br />employees required under Minn. Stat. S 299A465, as amended in 1997, for police and fire <br />employees hurt or killed in the line of duty. <br /> <br />· The Legislature must clarify whether Minn. Stat. S 299A.465 applies to injuries incurred <br />prior to June 1, 1997 (the effective date of the law). <br /> <br />· The Legislature must clarify the amount of an employer's contribution under Minn. Stat. S <br />299A465 and whether it changes over time. <br /> <br />· The Legislature must identify a single public entity as the authority for making the disability <br />determination for purposes of the benefits assigned under Minn. Stat. S 299A465, establish <br />the minimum criteria used to determine ability to work, and set a percentage threshold of <br />disability for eligibility into this program. <br /> <br />HR-IO. Breathalyzers <br /> <br />· Minn. Slat. S 181.950-.957 should be amended to permit the use ofbreathalyzers as an <br />acceptable technology for determining alcohol use. Currently, breathalyzer use is permitted <br />under federal commercial drivers' laws. <br /> <br />HR-ll. Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation <br /> <br />· Under Minn. Stat. S 181.953, subd. 1O(b), an employer cannot terminate an employee for a <br />positive controlled substance test without first providing the employee a chance for <br />rehabilitation and treatment. Recently, some cities have been advised that this law applies to <br />"probationary" employees as well as permanent employees. Therefore, the League supports a <br />legislative change to clarify that the state law on drug and alcohol rehabilitation and <br />treatment does not apply to probationary employees. <br /> <br />HR-12. Health Care Insurance Programs <br /> <br />· The League supports voluntary participation in programs designed to provide for post- <br />retirement health insurance benefits or in health insurance plans structured to pool all public <br />employees. <br /> <br />37 <br />