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Dear Sheriff Champagne:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to disability and health insurance for the Sheriff's office. Your questions are as follows:

DISABILITY INSURANCE

1. Can a Parish Sheriff's Office purchase disability insurance (Short-term and long-term) for all employees, including deputies?

2. Can the Sheriff's Office be the beneficiary of all or part of the benefits; or should a subrogation of wages be in place?

3. Can the Sheriff's Office pay for all or part of the disability insurance where an employee is the beneficiary of all or…