Assembly Actions -
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Apr 08, 2020 |
referred to governmental employees |
Assembly Bill A10288
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ABBATE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A10288 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10288 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10288 I N A S S E M B L Y April 8, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to implementing a presumption of performance of duty disability for post- traumatic stress disorder in certain employees of Suffolk county 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. ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY MEMBER WHO SERVES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY AS A PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER I, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER II, PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER III, INCLUDING SPANISH SPEAKING DISPATCHERS IN SUCH TITLES, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISPATCHER I, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISPATCHER II, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISPATCHER III, INCLUDING SPANISH SPEAKING DISPATCHERS IN SUCH TITLES, EMERGENCY COMPLAINT OPERATOR, INCLUDING SPANISH SPEAKING OPERATORS IN SUCH TITLE, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFI- CER I, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER II, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER III, INCLUDING SPANISH SPEAKING OFFICERS IN SUCH TITLES, AND CASE WORKER OR CASE WORKER TRAINEE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE ADMINISTRATION, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES INVESTIGATING BUREAU AND CHILD PROTECTIVE PREVENTATIVE SERVICES BUREAU, WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, RESULTING IN DISABILITY OR DEATH TO SUCH MEMBER, PRESENTLY EMPLOYED, AND WHO SHALL HAVE SUSTAINED SUCH DISABILITY WHILE SO EMPLOYED, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT SUCH DISABILITY WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY AND THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO SERVICE, SUCH MEMBER WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none of the provisions of this act shall be subject to section 25 of the retirement and social security law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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