NY State Senate Bill S7554

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9667 - Vetoed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 07, 2018	tabled vetoed memo.288
Nov 26, 2018	delivered to governor
Jun 12, 2018	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1725 substituted for s7554
Jun 12, 2018	substituted by a9667 ordered to third reading cal.1725 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 23, 2018	referred to local government

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S7554 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9667
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §207-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7928, A10613
2019-2020: S1929, S8795, A2232
2021-2022: S2633, S2988, A994
2023-2024: S366, A147

S7554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides optional disability coverage for county probation officers.

S7554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7554

SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to optional disa-
bility coverage for county probation officers

 
PURPOSE:

To allow for optional disability coverage for probation officers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Sections 1-2. Amend section 207-c(1) of the General Municipal Law to
include county probation officers among the employees who shall receive
disability coverage equal to their full salary in the event that they
are injured in the performance of their duties.

Section 3. Establishes an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Probation officers provide a vital law enforcement element to the commu-
nity's safety and a significant support function to our criminal justice
system. Their duties involve them in virtually all phases of the crimi-
nal justice process, including investigations, presentencing, criminal
supervision, treatment and other preventative corrective services.
Often, probation is relied upon more frequently as a viable alternative
to incarceration or detention. Today's probation officers find them-
selves performing many of the functions performed by their counterparts
in the police and corrections services.

Like other police and peace officers throughout the State, probation
officers are exposed on a daily basis to the risks and dangers involved
in managing an increasingly violent criminal population. In addition,
they are regularly exposed to significant amounts of stress and aggra-
vation, not to mention the possibility of bodily injury that may result
from the performance of their duties. Probation officers, however, are
not eligible under current law to receive comparable disability coverage
for injuries they sustain in the line of performance of those duties.
Fundamental fairness requires that this coverage be extended to
probation officers.

This legislation permits county employers and employee representatives
to negotiate for this benefit through the collective bargaining process
at their option. All costs would be incurred by the employer and/or
employee, as determined through collective bargaining.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017: S.2516/A.473 Passed both houses
2016: S.7928/A.10613 Referred to Local Government/Referred to Ways and
Means
2006: 5.3237 Referred to Local Government
2005: S.3237 Referred to Local Government
2004: 5.2491 Referred to Local Government
2003:  S.2491 Referred to Local Government
2002: S.2868 Referred to Local Government
2001: S.2868 Referred to Local Government
2000: S.3710 Referred to Local Government
1999: S.3710 Referred to Local Government
1998: S.6384 Recommitted to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7554

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to optional disa-
  bility coverage for county probation officers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal
law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 522 of  the  laws  of  2015,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of
the  sheriff's  department  of  any county (hereinafter referred to as a
"[policeman] POLICE OFFICER") or any member of a  police  force  of  any
county, city of less than one million population, town or village, or of
any  district,  agency,  board,  body or commission thereof, or a detec-
tive-investigator or any other investigator  who  is  a  police  officer
pursuant to the provisions of the criminal procedure law employed in the
office  of a district attorney of any county, or any corrections officer
of the county of Erie department of corrections, or  an  advanced  ambu-
lance  medical  technician  employed  by  the  county  of Nassau, or any
detention officer employed by the city of Yonkers,  or  any  supervising
fire  inspector,  fire inspector, fire marshal or assistant fire marshal
employed full-time in the county of Nassau fire marshal's office, or  at
the option of [the] ANY county [of Nassau], any COUNTY probation officer
[of  the  county  of Nassau] who is injured in the performance of his OR
HER duties or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of his OR
HER duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial  treat-
ment  shall  be  paid by the municipality by which he OR SHE is employed
the full amount of his OR HER regular salary or wages until his  OR  HER
disability  arising  therefrom has ceased, and, in addition such munici-
pality shall be liable for  all  medical  treatment  and  hospital  care
necessitated  by  reason  of such injury or illness.  Provided, however,
and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the munic-
ipal health authorities or any physician appointed for  the  purpose  by
the  municipality,  after  a determination has first been made that such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00274-01-7

S. 7554                             2

injury or sickness was incurred during, or resulted from, such  perform-
ance  of  duty,  may  attend any such injured or sick [policeman] POLICE
OFFICER, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgi-
cal  or  other treatment, or for making inspections and the municipality
shall not be liable for salary or  wages  payable  to  such  [policeman]
POLICE  OFFICER,  or  for the cost of medical treatment or hospital care
furnished after such date as such health authorities or physician  shall
certify  that such injured or sick [policeman] POLICE OFFICER has recov-
ered and is physically able to perform his OR HER  regular  duties.  Any
injured  or  sick  [policeman] POLICE OFFICER who shall refuse to accept
medical treatment or hospital care or shall  refuse  to  permit  medical
inspections  as  herein  authorized[, including examinations pursuant to
subdivision two of this section,] shall be deemed to have waived his  OR
HER  rights under this section in respect to expenses for medical treat-
ment or hospital care rendered and for salary  or  wages  payable  after
such refusal.
  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law to the contrary, a provider of
medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the  provisions
of  this  section  shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement
for such treatment or care from any such [policeman] POLICE  OFFICER,  a
member  of  a  police force of any county, city, any such advanced ambu-
lance medical technician, any such detention officer or any such  detec-
tive-investigator or any other such investigator who is a police officer
pursuant to the provisions of the criminal procedure law.
  §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal law, as
amended by section 2 of chapter 522 of the laws of 2015, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of
the  sheriff's  department of any county or any member of a police force
of any county, city  of  less  than  one  million  population,  town  or
village,  or of any district, agency, board, body or commission thereof,
or any LIRR police officer as defined in paragraph two of subdivision  a
of  section three hundred eighty-nine of the retirement and social secu-
rity law whose benefits are provided in and  pursuant  to  such  section
three  hundred  eighty-nine,  or  a  detective-investigator or any other
investigator who is a police officer pursuant to the provisions  of  the
criminal  procedure law employed in the office of a district attorney of
any county, or any corrections officer of the county of Erie  department
of  corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical technician employed by
the county of Nassau, or any detention officer employed by the  city  of
Yonkers,  or  any  supervising  fire  inspector,  fire  inspector,  fire
marshal, or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in the  county  of
Nassau  fire  marshal's office, or at the option of [the] ANY county [of
Nassau], any COUNTY probation officer [of the county of Nassau]  who  is
injured  in the performance of his OR HER duties or who is taken sick as
a result of the performance of his OR HER duties so  as  to  necessitate
medical  or other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by the munici-
pality or The Long Island Rail Road  Company  by  which  he  OR  SHE  is
employed the full amount of his OR HER regular salary or wages from such
employer  until his OR HER disability arising therefrom has ceased, and,
in addition such municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company shall
be liable for all medical treatment and hospital  care  necessitated  by
reason  of such injury or illness.  Provided, however, and notwithstand-
ing the foregoing provisions of this section, the municipal or The  Long
Island  Rail  Road Company health authorities or any physician appointed
for the purpose by the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road  Compa-

S. 7554                             3

ny,  as  relevant,  after  a determination has first been made that such
injury or sickness was incurred during, or resulted from, such  perform-
ance  of  duty,  may  attend any such injured or sick [policeman] POLICE
OFFICER, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgi-
cal  or other treatment, or for making inspections, and the municipality
or The Long Island Rail Road Company, as the case may be, shall  not  be
liable  for  salary or wages payable to such [policeman] POLICE OFFICER,
or for the cost of medical treatment or hospital  care  furnished  after
such  date  as  such  health authorities or physician shall certify that
such injured or sick [policeman] POLICE OFFICER  has  recovered  and  is
physically  able  to  perform  his OR HER regular duties. Any injured or
sick [policeman] POLICE OFFICER  who  shall  refuse  to  accept  medical
treatment or hospital care or shall refuse to permit medical inspections
as  herein  authorized[,  including examinations pursuant to subdivision
two of this section,] shall be deemed to have waived his OR  HER  rights
under  this  section  in  respect  to  expenses for medical treatment or
hospital care rendered and  for  salary  or  wages  payable  after  such
refusal.
  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law to the contrary, a provider of
medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the  provisions
of  this  section  shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement
for such treatment or care from any such [policeman] POLICE OFFICER, any
such advanced ambulance medical technician or any such  detention  offi-
cer.
  § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amend-
ments  to  subdivision  1  of section 207-c of the general municipal law
made by section one of this act shall be subject to the  expiration  and
reversion  of  such  subdivision pursuant to section 7 of chapter 628 of
the laws of 1991, as amended, when upon  such  date  the  provisions  of
section two of this act shall take effect.

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Jun 12, 2018 - Rules committee Vote

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S7554 (ACTIVE) - Details

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Patrick M. Gallivan

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9667 - Vetoed by Governor

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Jun 12, 2018 - floor Vote

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Jun 12, 2018 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 12, 2018

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Fred Akshar

Pamela Helming

S7554 (ACTIVE) - Details

S7554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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