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Assembly Bill A5395

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled

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2017-A5395 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4102
Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-122, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8615
2013-2014: A866, S5380
2015-2016: A3434, S3276
2019-2020: A4000, S1588

2017-A5395 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled.

2017-A5395 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5395
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to excluding members of the  police  force  who  use  hearing
   assistance devices from the definition of disabled

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14-122 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
 New York is amended to read as follows:
   §  14-122  Relief from active duty due to disability. The commissioner
 shall have power to relieve from active duty on patrol any member of the
 police force, who, while in the actual performance of duty  and  without
 fault  or  misconduct  on  his  or her part, shall have become disabled,
 physically, as a result of injuries or illness attributable thereto,  so
 as  to be unfit to perform full police duty, such disability having been
 certified to by so many of the police surgeons as the  commissioner  may
 require.  Such  member  may be assigned to the performance of such light
 duties as he or she may be qualified to perform.  THE TERM "DISABLED" AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THOSE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE
 WHO CAN FULLY PERFORM POLICE DUTIES WITH THE USE OF A HEARING ASSISTANCE
 DEVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01697-01-7

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