Florida Retirement System (FRS), provides Miami-Dade County employees with a disability retirement benefit should they become totally and permanently disabled. These benefits are provided after an employee has completed eight (8) years of creditable service. Employees who become disabled in the line of duty may become eligible for disability benefits regardless of their length of service.
Many of the retirement forms are available online through the FRS web site, below are the forms applicable to employees electing to retire due to a disability.
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Disability Retirement Forms:
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| FR-13 |
Application for Disability Retirement
This is the employee's statement for Disability Retirement and is one of four parts of the Disability Retirement application. It must be completed in full by the employee and forwarded to the Employee Benefits Section for processing. If the employee does not want to send their application through the Employee Benefits Section, they may forward it directly to the Disability Section of the FRS.
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| FR-13a |
Statement of Disability by Employer
If the employee is applying for Regular Disability Retirement, the employee's Department Personnel Representative must complete this form. If the employee is applying for In Line Of Duty Disability Retirement, this form must be completed by Miami-Dade County's Risk Management Division, General Services Administration (GSA). Upon completion of the form, it should be forwarded to the Employee Benefits Section for processing.
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| FR-13b |
Physician's Report
Employees applying for Disability Retirement must submit two statements of disability by state licensed physicians. It must be completed in full by the physicians and forwarded to the Employee Benefits Section for processing. If the employee does not want to send the physician statements through the Employee Benefits Section, they may forward it directly to the Disability Section of the FRS. |
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