Senate Bill S8361

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to disability retirement benefits for the presumption of post-traumatic stress disorder for certain titles in NYC

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S8361 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §605-f, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7884

2017-S8361 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to disability retirement benefits for the presumption of post-traumatic stress disorder for New York city alarm dispatchers, supervising alarm dispatchers level one and supervising alarm dispatchers level two.

2017-S8361 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8361 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8361
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   disability  retirement  benefits for the presumption of post-traumatic
   stress disorder for certain titles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 605-f to read as follows:
   §  605-F. DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR NEW YORK CITY FIRE ALARM DISPATCH-
 ERS AND SUPERVISING FIRE ALARM DISPATCHER LEVELS ONE  AND  TWO.  1.    A
 MEMBER  EMPLOYED  AS  A  NEW YORK CITY FIRE ALARM DISPATCHER, A NEW YORK
 CITY SUPERVISING FIRE ALARM DISPATCHER LEVEL ONE  OR  A  NEW  YORK  CITY
 SUPERVISING  FIRE  ALARM DISPATCHER LEVEL TWO SHALL BE ENTITLED TO DISA-
 BILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE, IF, AT THE  TIME  APPLICATION  THEREFOR  IS
 FILED,  SUCH MEMBER IS PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR PERFORM-
 ANCE OF DUTY AS A RESULT OF CONTRACTING POST-TRAUMATIC  STRESS  DISORDER
 WHILE SO EMPLOYED AND AS A RESULT OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY MEMBER WHO IS A NEW YORK  CITY
 FIRE ALARM DISPATCHER, A NEW YORK CITY SUPERVISING FIRE ALARM DISPATCHER
 LEVEL ONE OR A NEW YORK CITY SUPERVISING FIRE ALARM DISPATCHER LEVEL TWO
 WHO  IS  DIAGNOSED  AS  SUFFERING  FROM  POST-TRAUMATIC  STRESS DISORDER
 RESULTING  IN  DISABILITY  TO  SUCH  FIRE  ALARM  DISPATCHER,  PRESENTLY
 EMPLOYED,  AND  WHO  SHALL  HAVE  SUSTAINED  SUCH  DISABILITY  WHILE  SO
 EMPLOYED, SHALL HAVE SUCH DIAGNOSIS BE PRESUMPTIVE  EVIDENCE  THAT  SUCH
 DISABILITY WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY, UNLESS
 THE CONTRARY BE PROVEN BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   3.  THE  ANNUAL  RETIREMENT  ALLOWANCE  PAYABLE  SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE
 THREE-QUARTERS OF HIS OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY,  SUBJECT  TO  SECTION
 13-176 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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