Assembly Bill A10050

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits for certain first responders in Nassau county

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  • 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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2019-A10050 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7805
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §607-i, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7115
2017-2018: A7135, A10721
2021-2022: A6492

2019-A10050 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits for the employee titles police medic, police medic supervisor, police medic coordinator, bureau director emergency ambulance, and deputy bureau director emergency ambulance in the employ of Nassau county.

2019-A10050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10050
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 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
   providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits  for  the
   employee  titles  police  medic, police medic supervisor, police medic
   coordinator, bureau director emergency ambulance,  and  deputy  bureau
   director emergency ambulance in the employ of Nassau 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 607-i to read as follows:
   § 607-I.  PERFORMANCE  OF  DUTY  DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  BENEFITS  FOR
 CERTAIN FIRST RESPONDERS IN NASSAU COUNTY. A. THE COUNTY OF NASSAU SHALL
 MAKE  THE  BENEFITS  PROVIDED HEREIN AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE
 TITLES IN THE EMPLOY OF NASSAU COUNTY: POLICE MEDIC; POLICE MEDIC SUPER-
 VISOR; POLICE MEDIC COORDINATOR; BUREAU  DIRECTOR  EMERGENCY  AMBULANCE;
 AND DEPUTY BUREAU DIRECTOR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE.
   B. A MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY INCURRED IN
 THE  PERFORMANCE  OF DUTY IF, AT THE TIME APPLICATION THEREFOR IS FILED,
 HE OR SHE IS:
   1. PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AS THE
 NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF A DISABILITY NOT CAUSED BY  HIS  OR  HER
 OWN  WILLFUL  NEGLIGENCE  SUSTAINED IN SUCH SERVICE AND WHILE ACTUALLY A
 MEMBER OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND
   2. ACTUALLY IN SERVICE UPON WHICH HIS  OR  HER  MEMBERSHIP  IS  BASED.
 HOWEVER, IN THE CASE WHERE A MEMBER IS DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE, EITHER
 VOLUNTARILY,  OR INVOLUNTARILY, SUBSEQUENT TO SUSTAINING A DISABILITY IN
 SUCH SERVICE, APPLICATION MAY BE MADE NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE
 MEMBER IS FIRST DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE; AND PROVIDED THAT THE  MEMBER
 MEETS  THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION AND THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.
   C. APPLICATION FOR A PERFORMANCE OF DUTY DISABILITY RETIREMENT  ALLOW-
 ANCE FOR SUCH A MEMBER MAY BE MADE BY:
   1. SUCH MEMBER; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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