Section 5-10-17-5 - Disability insurance programs authorized; elimination period; self-insurance; exclusions; fiscal body approval(a) A municipal corporation may provide programs of disability insurance to its emergency medical services providers who become disabled as the result of an injury or illness:(1) that is not covered by: (A) worker's compensation (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6); or(B) worker's occupational diseases compensation (IC 22-3-7); or(2) for which coverage under worker's compensation or worker's occupational diseases compensation has been exhausted.(b) A program established under subsection (a) may not have an elimination or waiting period of greater than the following before a benefit begins: (1) Thirty (30) days, for a short term disability program.(2) One hundred twenty (120) days, for a long term disability program.(c) A municipal corporation may provide the programs of disability insurance described in subsection (a) through either of the following:(1) By purchasing policies of group insurance.(2) By establishing self-insurance programs.(d) A municipal corporation may exclude from coverage under a program of disability insurance an emergency medical services provider who:(1) is a part-time employee (as defined by the municipal corporation); or(2) provides services to the municipal corporation under a contract.(e) The establishment of a self-insurance program under this section is subject to the approval of the municipal corporation's fiscal body.Added by P.L. 20-2014, SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2014.