Allows PFRS death benefits to be paid to supplemental needs trust for unmarried disabled child.

This bill would amend New Jersey's Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) to allow death benefits to be paid to a supplemental needs trust for an unmarried disabled child of a deceased police officer or firefighter. Currently, PFRS death benefits can be paid directly to an unmarried disabled child (age 18+ with disability) but not to a trust established for that child. The bill would change the definition of "child" in the PFRS benefits to include a supplemental needs trust that serves a disabled child who meets specific disability criteria. This change would allow families to use these death benefits to establish a trust that supplements other government benefits for their disabled child without jeopardizing the child's eligibility for those benefits. The bill directly affects families of deceased police and fire personnel who have unmarried disabled children.