Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 27 - Personnel
Part 210 - PERS, Regulations for Retirement Plans Administered by the Board of Trustees
Chapter 58 - Payment of Additional Benefit (COLA) to Retirees of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System
Section 27-210-58-104 - Payment of unpaid additional benefits upon death of retiree or beneficiary

1. If a retiree who is receiving a retirement allowance that will terminate upon the retiree's death is receiving the additional benefit in one (1) payment and dies on or before July 1 but before December 1, the beneficiary designated on the retirement application, if any, shall receive in a single payment a fractional part of the additional benefit based on the number of months in which a retirement allowance was received during the fiscal year. If there is no surviving beneficiary, payment shall be made in accordance with § 25-13-21.1(1). Likewise, if a retiree is receiving a retirement allowance that will terminate upon the retiree's death in two (2) to six (6) monthly installments, any remaining payments of the additional benefit will be paid in a lump sum to the beneficiary designated on the application, or if none, in accordance with § 25-13-21.1(1).

2. Any similar remaining payments of the additional benefit payable to a deceased beneficiary who was receiving a monthly benefit shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of § 25-13-21.1(2). If the additional benefit is being received in one (1) payment each year, the additional benefit shall be prorated based on the number of months in which a retirement allowance was received during the fiscal year when (i) the monthly benefit payable to a beneficiary terminates due to the expiration of an option, remarriage or cessation of dependent status or due to the retiree's return to covered employment, and (ii) the monthly benefit terminates on or after July 1 and before December 1.