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                                   10528
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2020
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Abbate,
   Heastie, Peoples-Stokes, Weinstein, Abinanti, Arroyo, Aubry, Barnwell,
   Barrett, Barron,  Benedetto,  Bichotte,  Blake,  Braunstein,  Bronson,
   Buchwald,  Burke,  Buttenschon, Cahill, Carroll, Colton, Cook, Crespo,
   Cruz, Cusick,  Cymbrowitz,  Darling,  Davila,  De La Rosa,  DenDekker,
   Dickens,  Dilan,  Dinowitz, D'Urso, Eichenstein, Englebright, Epstein,
   Fahy, Fall, Fernandez, Frontus, Galef, Gantt, Glick, Gottfried,  Grif-
   fin,  Gunther, Hevesi, Hunter, Hyndman, Jacobson, Jaffee, Jean-Pierre,
   Jones, Joyner, Kim, Lavine, Lentol, Lifton, Lupardo, Magnarelli, McDo-
   nald, McMahon, M. G. Miller, Mosley, Niou,  Nolan,  O'Donnell,  Ortiz,
   Otis,  Paulin,  Perry, Pheffer Amato, Pichardo, Pretlow, Quart, Ramos,
   Reyes,  Richardson,  Rivera,  Rodriguez,  D. Rosenthal,  L. Rosenthal,
   Rozic,  Ryan,  Santabarbara,  Sayegh,  Schimminger,  Seawright, Simon,
   Simotas, Solages, Steck, Stern, Stirpe, Taylor, Thiele, Vanel, Walker,
   Wallace, Weprin, Williams, Woerner, Wright, Zebrowski) -- (at  request
   of  the  Governor)  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways
   and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security  law,  the  education
   law,  the  public  authorities  law and the administrative code of the
   city of New York, in relation to establishing  a  coronavirus  disease
   2019  (COVID-19)  benefit  for  public  employee  death  benefits; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
   of
 
   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 61-b to read as follows:
   §  61-B.  COVID-19  BENEFIT. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:
   1.  A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   2.  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   3.  SUCH  MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  TWO  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   B.  ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   C. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (I) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (II) ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN  PERSON
 TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED
 BY  SUCH  PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE WAS NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (III) CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY  SUCH  DATE
 OF  REPORTING  TO  WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY
 TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A  LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED,  REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR
 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN GOOD STANDING IN  ANY  STATE  OR  THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT  AUTHORIZED  TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (IV) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (III)  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH WHO DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF THE MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO  AN  ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   2. SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED UNDER THIS ARTICLE,
 FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ACCIDENTAL  DEATH BENEFITS PAYABLE FROM SUCH MEMBER'S
 RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS ARTICLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY  DAYS  OF  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, WHICHEVER
 IS LATER, APPLY TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  TO  REQUEST  THE

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 CONVERSION  OF  SUCH  MEMBER'S  SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
 INTO AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY  BASE  UPON
 WHICH  THE  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF  SUCH  CONVERSION,  SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY SHALL RELINQUISH ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING ANY  POST-RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFITS,
 SINCE  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT OR BENEFIT PAID  OR  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO THE
 STATUTORY BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE  TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   D.  IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER  THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING  A  STATEMENT  TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE MEMBER
 CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF THE MEMBER'S  EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 361-b to read as follows:
   §  361-B. COVID-19 BENEFIT.  A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:
   1.  A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   2.  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   3.  SUCH  MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  TWO  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   B.  ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   C. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:

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   (I) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (II)  ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN PERSON
 TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT  THE  DIRECTION  OF
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED
 BY SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE  WAS  NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (III)  CONTRACTED  COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE
 OF REPORTING TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY  A  POSITIVE  LABORATORY
 TEST  OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN  GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE  ORDER  DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (IV) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  AND  COVID-19  CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH, AS
 DOCUMENTED ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE,  OR  AS  CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DESCRIBED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH WHO DETERMINES  WITH  A  REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE
 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF  THE  MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO AN ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   2. SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED UNDER THIS ARTICLE,
 FOR PURPOSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFITS  PAYABLE  FROM  SUCH  MEMBER'S
 RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF SUCH
 MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY,  WHICHEVER
 IS  LATER,  APPLY  TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM TO REQUEST THE
 CONVERSION OF SUCH MEMBER'S SERVICE  OR  DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  BENEFIT
 INTO  AN  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY BASE UPON
 WHICH THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF  SUCH  CONVERSION,  SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY SHALL RELINQUISH ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING ANY  POST-RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFITS,
 SINCE  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT OR BENEFIT PAID  OR  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO THE
 STATUTORY BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE  TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   D.  IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER  THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING  A  STATEMENT  TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE MEMBER
 CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF THE MEMBER'S  EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   § 3. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 509-a to read as follows:
   §  509-A. COVID-19 BENEFIT.  A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:

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   1.  A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   2.  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   3.  SUCH  MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  TWO  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   B.  ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   C. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (I) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (II) ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN  PERSON
 TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED
 BY  SUCH  PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE WAS NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (III) CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY  SUCH  DATE
 OF  REPORTING  TO  WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY
 TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A  LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED,  REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR
 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN GOOD STANDING IN  ANY  STATE  OR  THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT  AUTHORIZED  TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (IV) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (III)  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH WHO DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF THE MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO  AN  ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   2. SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED UNDER THIS ARTICLE,
 FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ACCIDENTAL  DEATH BENEFITS PAYABLE FROM SUCH MEMBER'S

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 RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS ARTICLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY  DAYS  OF  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, WHICHEVER
 IS LATER, APPLY TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  TO  REQUEST  THE
 CONVERSION  OF  SUCH  MEMBER'S  SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
 INTO AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY  BASE  UPON
 WHICH  THE  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF SUCH CONVERSION, SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RELINQUISH  ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY  RETIREMENT  STATUTE,  INCLUDING ANY POST-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS,
 SINCE SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE  ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFIT  OR  BENEFIT  PAID OR PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THE
 MEMBER'S OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO  THE
 STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   D. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS  SECTION,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO  ADMINISTER  THIS BENEFIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, REQUIRING A STATEMENT TO  BE  FILED  CONFIRMING  THE  MEMBER
 CONTRACTED  COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF THE MEMBER'S EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   § 4. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 607-i to read as follows:
   § 607-I. COVID-19 BENEFIT.  A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  OR  OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:
   1. A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF  PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT  AT  THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY
 ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED BY SUCH  PUBLIC  EMPLOYER,  ON  OR  AFTER
 MARCH  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   2. SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  AFTER
 REPORTING  TO  WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS
 CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR  AFTER
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN
 GOOD  STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO  PRACTICE  IN
 NEW  YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   3. SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  AND  COVID-19  CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH, AS
 DOCUMENTED ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE,  OR  AS  CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DESCRIBED IN
 PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES  WITH  A  REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE
 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFIT,  UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   B. ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED  BY
 ANY  AMOUNT  PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY RECIPIENT OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.

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   C. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND  SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (I) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (II)  ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN PERSON
 TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT  THE  DIRECTION  OF
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED
 BY SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE  WAS  NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (III)  CONTRACTED  COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE
 OF REPORTING TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY  A  POSITIVE  LABORATORY
 TEST  OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN  GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE  ORDER  DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (IV) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  AND  COVID-19  CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH, AS
 DOCUMENTED ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE,  OR  AS  CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DESCRIBED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH WHO DETERMINES  WITH  A  REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE
 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF  THE  MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO AN ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   2. SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED UNDER THIS ARTICLE,
 FOR PURPOSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFITS  PAYABLE  FROM  SUCH  MEMBER'S
 RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF SUCH
 MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY,  WHICHEVER
 IS  LATER,  APPLY  TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM TO REQUEST THE
 CONVERSION OF SUCH MEMBER'S SERVICE  OR  DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  BENEFIT
 INTO  AN  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY BASE UPON
 WHICH THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF  SUCH  CONVERSION,  SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY SHALL RELINQUISH ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING ANY  POST-RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFITS,
 SINCE  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT OR BENEFIT PAID  OR  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO THE
 STATUTORY BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE  TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   D.  IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER  THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING  A  STATEMENT  TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE MEMBER
 CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF THE MEMBER'S  EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   §  5.  Section  512  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision h to read as follows:

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   H. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE  OR  OF  ANY
 GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY  FOR  BENEFITS  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,
 WHERE:
   (A) A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT  AT  THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY
 ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED BY SUCH  PUBLIC  EMPLOYER,  ON  OR  AFTER
 MARCH  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (B) SUCH MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  AFTER
 REPORTING  TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS PARAGRAPH AS
 CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR  AFTER
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN
 GOOD  STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO  PRACTICE  IN
 NEW  YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (C) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  AND  COVID-19  CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH, AS
 DOCUMENTED ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE,  OR  AS  CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DESCRIBED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS PARAGRAPH  WHO  DETERMINES  WITH  A  REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE
 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFIT,  UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   2. ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED  BY
 ANY  AMOUNT  PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY RECIPIENT OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY  GENER-
 AL,  SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (I) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (II) ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN  PERSON
 TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED
 BY  SUCH  PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE WAS NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (III) CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY  SUCH  DATE
 OF  REPORTING  TO  WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY
 TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A  LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED,  REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR
 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN GOOD STANDING IN  ANY  STATE  OR  THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT  AUTHORIZED  TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (IV) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 CLAUSE  (III)  OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION

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 OF THE MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO  AN  ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   (B)  SUCH  MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED UNDER THIS ARTI-
 CLE, FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFITS  PAYABLE  FROM  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM UNDER THIS ARTICLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS
 OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,
 WHICHEVER  IS LATER, APPLY TO SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO REQUEST
 THE CONVERSION OF SUCH MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
 INTO AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY  BASE  UPON
 WHICH  THE  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF SUCH CONVERSION, SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RELINQUISH  ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY  RETIREMENT  STATUTE,  INCLUDING ANY POST-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS,
 SINCE SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE  ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFIT  OR  BENEFIT  PAID OR PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THE
 MEMBER'S OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO  THE
 STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   4. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  APPLICABLE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING A STATEMENT TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE
 MEMBER CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF  THE  MEMBER'S
 EMPLOYMENT.
   §  6.  Section  2575  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF  ANY
 GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY  FOR  BENEFITS  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,
 WHERE:
   (I) A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT  AT  THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY
 ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED BY SUCH  PUBLIC  EMPLOYER,  ON  OR  AFTER
 MARCH  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (II) SUCH MEMBER CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  AFTER
 REPORTING  TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH AS
 CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR  AFTER
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN
 GOOD  STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO  PRACTICE  IN
 NEW  YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (III) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH,
 AS DOCUMENTED ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DESCRIBED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH WHO  DETERMINES  WITH  A  REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE
 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFIT,  UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.

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   (B) ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE AS  A  RESULT  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
 REDUCED  BY  ANY  AMOUNT  PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY
 RECIPIENT OF ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (C) (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR OF ANY GENER-
 AL,  SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (1) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (2) ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED  IN  PERSON
 TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED
 BY  SUCH  PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE WAS NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (3) CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE  OF
 REPORTING  TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST
 OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  BY  A  LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED,  REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR
 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN GOOD STANDING IN  ANY  STATE  OR  THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT  AUTHORIZED  TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (4) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  AND  COVID-19  CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH, AS
 DOCUMENTED ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE,  OR  AS  CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DESCRIBED IN
 CLAUSE THREE OF THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  WHO  DETERMINES  WITH  A  REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE
 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF  THE  MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO AN ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   (II) SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY,  AS  DEFINED  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION,  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFITS PAYABLE FROM SUCH
 MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS SECTION, MAY, WITHIN  NINETY  DAYS
 OF  SUCH  MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,
 WHICHEVER IS LATER, APPLY TO SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO  REQUEST
 THE CONVERSION OF SUCH MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
 INTO  AN  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY BASE UPON
 WHICH THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF  SUCH  CONVERSION,  SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY SHALL RELINQUISH ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING ANY  POST-RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFITS,
 SINCE  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT OR BENEFIT PAID  OR  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO THE
 STATUTORY BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE  TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   (D) IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  APPLICABLE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING A STATEMENT TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE
 MEMBER CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF  THE  MEMBER'S
 EMPLOYMENT.

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   § 7. Section 1266-h of the public authorities law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY
 GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  AND  SOLELY  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  DETERMINING  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION,
 WHERE:
   (I) A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (II)  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (III)  SUCH  MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S  DEATH,
 AS  DOCUMENTED  ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH WHO DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   (B) ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY  AMOUNT  PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY RECIPIENT OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (1) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (2) ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED  IN  PERSON
 TO  SUCH  MEMBER'S  USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED
 BY  SUCH  PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE WAS NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (3) CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE  OF
 REPORTING  TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST
 OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  BY  A  LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED,  REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR
 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN GOOD STANDING IN  ANY  STATE  OR  THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT  AUTHORIZED  TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (4) SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  AND  COVID-19  CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH, AS
 DOCUMENTED ON SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE,  OR  AS  CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DESCRIBED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS PARAGRAPH WHO DETERMINES  WITH  A  REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE

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 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF  THE  MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO AN ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   (D)  SUCH  MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION, FOR PURPOSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH  BENEFITS  PAYABLE  FROM  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM UNDER THIS SECTION, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS
 OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,
 WHICHEVER  IS LATER, APPLY TO SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO REQUEST
 THE CONVERSION OF SUCH MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
 INTO AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY  BASE  UPON
 WHICH  THE  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF SUCH CONVERSION, SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RELINQUISH  ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY  RETIREMENT  STATUTE,  INCLUDING ANY POST-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS,
 SINCE SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE  ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR  DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT OR BENEFIT PAID  OR  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO THE
 STATUTORY BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE  TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   (E) IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  APPLICABLE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING A STATEMENT TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE
 MEMBER CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF SUCH  MEMBER'S
 EMPLOYMENT.
   §  8.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 13-149.1 to read as follows:
   § 13-149.1 COVID-19 BENEFIT.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION
 OF  THIS  TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:
   (A) A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (B)  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (C)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN

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 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   2.  ANY  AMOUNT  PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS TITLE.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND  SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (A) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (B)  ON  OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN PERSON
 TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT  THE  DIRECTION  OF
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED
 BY SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE  WAS  NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (C)  CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE OF
 REPORTING TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY  TEST
 OR  AS  DIAGNOSED  BEFORE  OR  AFTER  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN  GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE  ORDER  DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (D)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF THE MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO  AN  ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   4.  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO THIS
 TITLE, FOR PURPOSES OF  ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFITS  PAYABLE  FROM  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS TITLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, WHICH-
 EVER IS LATER, APPLY TO SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO  REQUEST  THE
 CONVERSION  OF  SUCH  MEMBER'S  SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
 INTO AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY  BASE  UPON
 WHICH  THE  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF SUCH CONVERSION, SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RELINQUISH  ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY  RETIREMENT  STATUTE,  INCLUDING ANY POST-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS,
 SINCE SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE  ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR  DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT OR BENEFIT PAID  OR  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO THE
 STATUTORY BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE  TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   5.  IN  ORDER  TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS TITLE,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER  THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING  A  STATEMENT  TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE MEMBER

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 CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF SUCH MEMBER'S EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   §  9.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 13-244.1 to read as follows:
   § 13-244.1 COVID-19 BENEFIT.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION
 OF  THIS  TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:
   (A) A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (B)  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (C)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   2.  ANY  AMOUNT  PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS TITLE.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND  SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (A) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (B)  ON  OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN PERSON
 TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT  THE  DIRECTION  OF
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED
 BY SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE  WAS  NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (C)  CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE OF
 REPORTING TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY  TEST
 OR  AS  DIAGNOSED  BEFORE  OR  AFTER  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN  GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE  ORDER  DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (D)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN

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 PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF  THE  MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO AN ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   4. SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 TITLE,  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFITS PAYABLE FROM SUCH
 MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS TITLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS  OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, WHICH-
 EVER  IS  LATER, APPLY TO SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO REQUEST THE
 CONVERSION OF SUCH MEMBER'S SERVICE  OR  DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  BENEFIT
 INTO  AN  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY BASE UPON
 WHICH THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF  SUCH  CONVERSION,  SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY SHALL RELINQUISH ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING ANY  POST-RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFITS,
 SINCE  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A  POST-
 RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFIT  OR  BENEFIT  PAID OR PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THE
 MEMBER'S OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO  THE
 STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   5. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  TITLE,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO  ADMINISTER  THIS BENEFIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, REQUIRING A STATEMENT TO  BE  FILED  CONFIRMING  THE  MEMBER
 CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF SUCH MEMBER'S EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   §  10.  The  administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 13-347.1 to read as follows:
   § 13-347.1 COVID-19 BENEFIT. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 THIS TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  AND
 SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:
   (A) A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (B)  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (C)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE

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 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   2.  ANY  AMOUNT  PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS TITLE.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND  SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (A) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (B)  ON  OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN PERSON
 TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT  THE  DIRECTION  OF
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED
 BY SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE  WAS  NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (C)  CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE OF
 REPORTING TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY  TEST
 OR  AS  DIAGNOSED  BEFORE  OR  AFTER  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN  GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE  ORDER  DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (D)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF THE MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO  AN  ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   4.  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO THIS
 TITLE, FOR PURPOSES OF  ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFITS  PAYABLE  FROM  SUCH
 MEMBER'S  RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS TITLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, WHICH-
 EVER IS LATER, APPLY TO SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO  REQUEST  THE
 CONVERSION  OF  SUCH  MEMBER'S  SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT
 INTO AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY  BASE  UPON
 WHICH  THE  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF SUCH CONVERSION, SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RELINQUISH  ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY  RETIREMENT  STATUTE,  INCLUDING ANY POST-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS,
 SINCE SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE  ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR  DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A POST-
 RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT OR BENEFIT PAID  OR  PAYABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO THE
 STATUTORY BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE  TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   5.  IN  ORDER  TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED IN THIS TITLE,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE

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 RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER  THIS  BENEFIT  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING  A  STATEMENT  TO BE FILED CONFIRMING THE MEMBER
 CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF SUCH MEMBER'S EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   §  11.  The  administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 13-544.1 to read as follows:
   § 13-544.1 COVID-19 BENEFIT.  1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION
 OF  THIS  TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 AND SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER
 THIS SECTION, WHERE:
   (A) A MEMBER REPORTED IN PERSON TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MEMBER'S PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR  TO  ANY
 ALTERNATE  WORKSITE  AS  DIRECTED  BY  SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, ON OR AFTER
 MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE  WORKSITE
 WAS NOT SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (B)  SUCH  MEMBER  CONTRACTED  COVID-19  WITHIN  FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER
 REPORTING TO WORK AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  AS
 CONFIRMED  BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY TEST OR AS DIAGNOSED BEFORE OR AFTER
 SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED  OR  AUTHORIZED
 PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR  PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT CURRENTLY IN
 GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A  PHYSICIAN,
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN
 NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF  EMER-
 GENCY; AND
   (C)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS
 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED  TO  THE
 MEMBER'S  DEATH,  SUCH  MEMBER'S  STATUTORY BENEFICIARY SHALL RECEIVE AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT, UNLESS SUCH STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  ELECTS  TO
 RECEIVE AN ORDINARY DEATH BENEFIT.
   2.  ANY  AMOUNT  PAYABLE AS A RESULT OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE REDUCED BY
 ANY AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ANY  RECIPIENT  OF
 ORDINARY DEATH BENEFITS UNDER THIS TITLE.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS TITLE OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND  SOLELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THIS SECTION, WHERE A MEMBER:
   (A) RETIRED FROM HIS OR HER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY;
   (B)  ON  OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, REPORTED IN PERSON
 TO SUCH MEMBER'S USUAL PLACE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AT  THE  DIRECTION  OF
 SUCH  MEMBER'S  PUBLIC EMPLOYER OR TO ANY ALTERNATE WORKSITE AS DIRECTED
 BY SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ALTERNATE WORKSITE  WAS  NOT
 SUCH MEMBER'S HOME OR RESIDENCE;
   (C)  CONTRACTED COVID-19 WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH DATE OF
 REPORTING TO WORK IN PERSON, AS CONFIRMED BY A POSITIVE LABORATORY  TEST
 OR  AS  DIAGNOSED  BEFORE  OR  AFTER  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH BY A LICENSED,
 CERTIFIED, REGISTERED OR AUTHORIZED PHYSICIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  OR
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  CURRENTLY  IN  GOOD STANDING IN ANY STATE OR THE
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN'S
 ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN NEW YORK BY EXECUTIVE  ORDER  DURING
 THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY; AND
   (D)  SUCH MEMBER DIED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH,  AS

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 DOCUMENTED  ON  SUCH  MEMBER'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE, OR AS CERTIFIED BY A
 PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHO  DETERMINES WITH A REASONABLE
 DEGREE  OF  MEDICAL CERTAINTY THAT COVID-19 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE
 MEMBER'S DEATH, SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY  SHALL  RECEIVE  AN
 ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IF SUCH STATUTORY BENEFICIARY ELECTS CONVERSION
 OF  THE  MEMBER'S SERVICE OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT INTO AN ACCI-
 DENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.
   4. SUCH MEMBER'S STATUTORY BENEFICIARY, AS DEFINED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 TITLE,  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  ACCIDENTAL  DEATH  BENEFITS PAYABLE FROM SUCH
 MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER THIS TITLE, MAY, WITHIN NINETY DAYS  OF
 SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, WHICH-
 EVER  IS  LATER, APPLY TO SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO REQUEST THE
 CONVERSION OF SUCH MEMBER'S SERVICE  OR  DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  BENEFIT
 INTO  AN  ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALARY BASE UPON
 WHICH THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT IS CALCULATED, SUCH MEMBER  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED TO HAVE DIED ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT. AT THE TIME
 OF  SUCH  CONVERSION,  SUCH  STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY SHALL RELINQUISH ALL
 RIGHTS TO THE PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER THE SERVICE OR DISABIL-
 ITY RETIREMENT STATUTE, INCLUDING ANY  POST-RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFITS,
 SINCE  SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH. IF THE STATUTORY BENEFICIARY IS NOT THE ONLY
 BENEFICIARY RECEIVING OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT UNDER THE SERVICE
 OR DISABILITY RETIREMENT STATUTE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A  POST-
 RETIREMENT  DEATH  BENEFIT  OR  BENEFIT  PAID OR PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THE
 MEMBER'S OPTION SELECTION, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS TO  THE
 STATUTORY  BENEFICIARY WILL BE REDUCED BY ANY AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE TO
 ANY OTHER STATUTORY BENEFICIARY.
   5. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  TITLE,
 THE APPLICABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  TO  ADMINISTER  THIS BENEFIT INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, REQUIRING A STATEMENT TO  BE  FILED  CONFIRMING  THE  MEMBER
 CONTRACTED COVID-19 AND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF SUCH MEMBER'S EMPLOY-
 MENT.
   §  12. The heads and boards of the retirement systems described herein
 are hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations  to  implement
 the  provisions of this act, including guidance on what shall constitute
 a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 from a physician,  nurse  practitioner,
 or physician's assistant in the absence of a laboratory test.
   § 13. 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.
   § 14. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  be  deemed  to
 have  been in full force and effect on and after March 1, 2020; provided
 that the provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed  repealed  on
 December 31, 2020.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would amend sections of the Education Law and the Retirement
 and  Social  Security  Law  to  provide an enhanced death benefit to the
 beneficiary of an eligible  member  of  the  New  York  State  Teachers'
 Retirement  System  (NYSTRS)  who  died  due  to contracting COVID-19. A
 member must have reported to  work  on  or  after  March  1,  2020,  and
 contracted  COVID-19  within 45 days of reporting to work, and then died
 on or before December 31, 2020 either due to COVID-19, or  had  COVID-19
 as  a  contributing factor in the member's death. The member's statutory
 beneficiary can elect to receive either the  accidental  death  benefit,
 consisting  of  a  lifetime  annuity  of 50% of the member's most recent

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 year's salary, or the ordinary death benefit, generally consisting of  a
 lump sum equal to three times the member's salary. If any ordinary death
 benefit  has  already been paid it will be used as an offset against the
 accidental  death benefit. If a member retired on or after March 1, 2020
 but before July 1, 2020, reported to  work  at  the  direction  of  such
 member's  employer,  contracted  COVID-19 within 45 days of reporting to
 work, and then died on or before December 31, 2020 either due to  COVID-
 19,  or had COVID-19 as a contributing factor in the member's death, the
 member's statutory beneficiary may, within  90  days  of  such  member's
 retirement,  or  September 1, 2020, whichever is later, elect to convert
 the retirement benefit into an accidental  death  benefit.    Any  other
 benefit  paid  will  be  used  as an offset against the accidental death
 benefit.
   This act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect  as  of
 March  1,  2020,  but shall expire and be deemed repealed as of December
 31, 2020.
   Under current law, the beneficiary of an active  member  who  dies  in
 service  with three or more years of service is generally eligible for a
 benefit equal to three times the member's  most  recent  year's  salary.
 Currently,  the  beneficiary of a retiree who dies within the first year
 of retirement is generally eligible for a benefit equal to one and  one-
 half  times  the  retiree's last year of salary, and possibly, depending
 upon the retiree's benefit option elected at retirement, a  continuation
 of all or a portion of the retiree's monthly benefit.
   The  overall  cost  of  this  bill cannot be readily determined as the
 ultimate number of COVID-19 deaths cannot be determined at this time. It
 is estimated that it will provide on average an additional 3 to 4  times
 salary.    The  average cost per individual member impacted, however, in
 terms of additional present value of liability, is estimated as follows:
   Member age 30: $210,000
   Member age 40: $300,000
   Member age 50: $310,000
   Eligible retirees: Anticipated overall  negligible  cost,  given  that
 NYSTRS expects to receive no more than a handful of cases.
   The  actual cost per member would be dependent on the member and bene-
 ficiary's age, tier, years of service, and salary, and for retirees  the
 optional  form  of  payment  elected  at retirement. The costs above are
 determined based on averages, so the actual cost for a member  could  be
 higher  or  lower.  The  cost for an eligible retiree could vary greatly
 depending upon the option chosen at retirement.
   Member data is from  the  System's  most  recent  actuarial  valuation
 files,  consisting  of  data provided by the employers to the Retirement
 System.  Data distributions and statistics can be found in the  System's
 Comprehensive  Annual  Financial  Report  (CAFR).  System  assets are as
 reported in the System's financial statements and can also be  found  in
 the CAFR. Actuarial assumptions and methods are provided in the System's
 Actuarial Valuation Report.
   The  source of this estimate is Fiscal Note 2020-30 dated May 28, 2020
 prepared by the Actuary of  the  New  York  State  Teachers'  Retirement
 System and is intended for use only during the 2020 Legislative Session.
 I,  Richard  A.  Young,  am the Actuary for the New York State Teachers'
 Retirement System. I am a member of the American  Academy  of  Actuaries
 and  I meet the Qualification Standards of the American Academy of Actu-
 aries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

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   This bill would allow a beneficiary of any member of a public  retire-
 ment  system  to  be  paid an accidental death benefit, as if the member
 died in the performance and discharge of duty, provided that the member
   a. physically reported for work on or after March 1, 2020, and
   b. contracted COVID-19 within 45 days from such a work date, and
   c. died from such disease on or before December 31, 2020.
   A  positive test result, death certificate citing COVID-19, or certif-
 ication  by  certain  medical  personnel  is  sufficient  to   establish
 contraction and death from COVID-19.
   The  accidental  death  benefit  would  be  based on the member's plan
 coverage. This bill also would create benefits payable under the  Public
 Authorities Law.
   Insofar  as this bill will affect the New York State and Local Employ-
 ees' Retirement System (ERS) and the New York State and Local Police and
 Fire Retirement System (PFRS), qualifying COVID-19 deaths which current-
 ly are considered ordinary deaths will be treated as accidental deaths.
   The cost of the proposed benefit will depend upon the applicant's age,
 service, salary, plan, and benefit type otherwise payable.
 
   Service Retirement Eligible:         Yes                  No
   PFRS benefit increase/cost:      8 times salary      13 times salary
   ERS benefit increase/cost:       3.5 times salary    3.5 times salary
 
   The number of members who could be affected by this legislation cannot
 be readily determined.  However, all of ERS and  PFRS  members  will  be
 covered and eligible for these benefits, including new hires through the
 expiration  of  the  coverage provided under this legislation. All costs
 incurred in the PFRS will be shared by the State of New York and all the
 participating employers in the PFRS. All costs incurred in the ERS  will
 be  shared  by the State of New York and all the participating employers
 in the ERS.
   In addition to these per person costs, there would be annual increases
 in administrative and legal costs to implement the  provisions  of  this
 legislation.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   The  membership  data  used  in  measuring  the impact of the proposed
 change was the same as that used in the March 31, 2019  actuarial  valu-
 ation.  Distributions  and  other  statistics  can  be found in the 2019
 Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2019  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
 Report.
   The  actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial
 Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the  State  of  New
 York: Audit and Control.
   The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2019
 New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and
 Supplementary Information.
   I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
 fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
   This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the  viability
 of  the  proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
 the professional judgment of an attorney.
   This estimate, dated May 28, 2020, and intended for  use  only  during
 the  2020  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2020-121, prepared by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative  Law, Section 50:

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   SUMMARY OF BILL: This  proposed  legislation  (see  Appendix),  as  it
 relates  to  the  New  York  City  Pension  Funds and Retirement Systems
 (NYCRS), would add new Sections to the Retirement  and  Social  Security
 Law (RSSL), the Administrative Code of the City of New York (ACCNY), and
 the Education Law to provide Accidental Death Benefits, less other stat-
 utory  benefits paid or payable, to beneficiaries of certain members and
 retirees of NYCRS who physically reported to non-home work sites on  and
 after March 1, 2020 and died on or before December 31, 2020 due to Coro-
 navirus  Disease  2019  (COVID-19) that was contracted within 45 days of
 such reporting to work.
   Beneficiaries of deceased members, including  beneficiaries  of  those
 who retired between March 1, 2020 and July 1, 2020, who meet the enumer-
 ated  qualifications  would be eligible for an Accidental Death Benefit,
 less any other statutory benefits paid or payable.
   In determining whether Accidental Death Benefits should be awarded,  a
 deceased  member  or  retiree must have a positive lab test for COVID-19
 within 45 days of reporting to such work assignment, or have been  diag-
 nosed  with  such  condition,  within  the same period, from a qualified
 medical provider, either before  or  after  the  member's  or  retiree's
 death.  The  beneficiary  of  such deceased member or retiree would also
 have to show that that COVID-19 was the cause or contributing factor  in
 the member's or retiree's death, as documented by a death certificate or
 by a qualified health care provider.
   Effective  Date:  Upon  enactment,  and  retroactive to March 1, 2020,
 except that the provisions would expire upon the later of  December  31,
 2020  and  the  date  of  the expiration of the state disaster emergency
 declared by the Governor in executive order number 202.
   IMPACT ON BENEFITS PAYABLE: Under the proposed legislation, the  bene-
 fits  payable to beneficiaries of active members of NYCRS who die due to
 COVID-19 would be revised from a lump sum Ordinary Death Benefit  gener-
 ally  equal  to  three  times a member's last salary to a lifetime Acci-
 dental Death Benefit equal to 50%  of  Final  Average  Salary  plus,  if
 applicable,  the  Special Accidental Death Benefit payable under General
 Municipal Law section 208-f.  Accidental Death Benefits, less any  other
 benefits paid or payable, are also payable to beneficiaries of those who
 retired between March 1, 2020 and July 1, 2020 and died due to COVID-19.
 Costs  for these retirees, due to the limited scope and unknown optional
 payments, are not included in this Fiscal Note.
   FINANCIAL IMPACT - OVERVIEW: There is no data  available  to  estimate
 the  number  of  members  who  might die due to COVID-19 and potentially
 benefit from this proposed legislation. Therefore, the estimated  finan-
 cial  impact  has  been  calculated  on  a  per event basis equal to the
 increase in the Present Value of Future Benefits (PVFB) for  an  average
 member who dies from COVID-19 and would benefit from the proposed legis-
 lation.
   With  respect  to  an  individual  member, the additional cost of this
 proposed legislation could vary greatly depending on the member's length
 of service, age, and salary history.
   FINANCIAL IMPACT - PRESENT VALUES: Based on the census  data  and  the
 actuarial  assumptions  and  methods  described herein, the enactment of
 this proposed legislation would result in an increase in PVFB. A  break-
 down  of  the  PVFB  by NYCRS on average for each occurrence of death is
 shown in the table below.
    Estimated Additional Present Value of Future Benefits due to COVID-19
                                   Death

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                       NYCERS        TRS         BERS
 Age < 40             $ 543,300    $ 326,200   $ 256,000
 40 <= Age < 60         398,700      297,500     172,100
 Age >= 60              210,200      188,800     105,900
 All Ages             $ 406,700    $ 296,700   $ 174,800
 
                       POLICE         FIRE      All Systems
 Age < 40            $ 1,926,300  $ 1,816,100    $ 731,600
 40 <= Age < 60        2,226,300    2,302,700      534,000
 Age >= 60             1,695,600    1,633,600      204,400
 All Ages            $ 2,042,700  $ 2,055,400    $ 557,200
 
   FINANCIAL  IMPACT  -  ANNUAL EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS: Enactment of this
 proposed legislation would increase employer contributions,  where  such
 amount  would  depend on the number of members affected as well as other
 characteristics including the age, years of service, and salary  history
 of  the member.  As there is no data currently available to estimate the
 number of members who might die  from  COVID-19,  the  financial  impact
 would  be  recognized  at  the  time  of event. Consequently, changes in
 employer contributions have been estimated assuming that the increase in
 the PVFB will be financed over the same time period used  for  actuarial
 losses in accordance with Section 13-638.2(k-2) of the ACCNY. Using this
 approach,  the  additional PVFB would be amortized over a closed 15-year
 period (14 payments under the  One-Year  Lag  Methodology)  using  level
 dollar payments.
   Based  on the Actuary's actuarial assumptions and methods in effect as
 of June 30, 2019, the enactment of this proposed  legislation  is  esti-
 mated  to  increase  annual  employer  contributions on average for each
 death benefit due to COVID-19 as shown in the table below.
     Estimated Additional Annual Employer Contributions due to COVID-19
                                   Death
                       NYCERS          TRS         BERS
 Age < 40            $  64,300    $   38,600  $    30,300
 40 <= Age < 60         47,200        35,200       20,400
 Age >= 60              24,900        22,300       12,500
 All Ages            $  48,100    $   35,100  $    20,300

                       POLICE         FIRE      All Systems
 Age < 40            $ 227,800    $  214,800     $ 86,500
 40 <= Age < 60        263,300       272,400       63,200
 Age >= 60             200,600       193,200       24,200
 All Ages            $ 241,600    $  243,100     $ 65,900
 
   With respect to the timing, increases in employer contributions  would
 depend  upon  when members die due to COVID-19 but, generally, increased
 employer contributions will first occur the second fiscal year following
 approval of the performance of duty death benefit.
   CENSUS DATA: The estimates presented herein are based  on  the  census
 data  used in the Preliminary June 30, 2019 (Lag) actuarial valuation of
 NYCRS to determine the Preliminary Fiscal Year  2021  employer  contrib-
 utions.
 Counts               NYCERS               TRS                 BERS
 Age < 40             52,782              48,861               4,810
 40 <= Age < 60      106,335              60,632              14,809
 Age >= 60            32,384              13,843               6,206
 All Ages            191,501             123,336              25,825

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 Counts               POLICE               FIRE            All Systems
 Age < 40             21,945               5,369             133,767
 40 <= Age < 60       14,267               5,623             201,666
 Age >= 60               189                 252              52,874
 All Ages             36,401              11,244             388,307

 Average Age          NYCERS               TRS                 BERS
 Age < 40               33.0                32.5                33.3
 40 <= Age < 60         50.1                48.7                50.7
 Age >= 60              64.1                64.3                64.5
 All Ages               47.7                44.1                50.8
 Average Age          POLICE               FIRE            All Systems
 Age < 40               32.1                32.7                32.7
 40 <= Age < 60         46.1                47.0                49.3
 Age >= 60              61.9                61.9                64.2
 All Ages               37.7                40.5                45.6
 
 Average Service      NYCERS               TRS                 BERS
 Age < 40                4.7                 5.8                 3.5
 40 <= Age < 60         13.6                14.9                 9.1
 Age >= 60              19.7                19.8                14.0
 All Ages               12.2                11.8                 9.2
 Average Service      POLICE               FIRE            All Systems
 Age < 40                7.0                 6.6                 5.5
 40 <= Age < 60         18.7                19.7                14.2
 Age >= 60              31.7                34.9                19.2
 All Ages               11.7                13.8                11.9
 
 Average Salary       NYCERS               TRS                 BERS
 Age < 40           $ 68,800            $ 78,800            $ 58,700
 40 <= Age < 60       81,800              95,900              52,700
 Age >= 60            81,900              89,700              46,700
 All Ages           $ 78,200            $ 88,400            $ 52,400
 Average Salary       POLICE               FIRE            All Systems
 Age < 40          $ 101,800            $ 93,600            $ 78,500
 40 <= Age < 60      138,800             141,300              89,600
 Age >= 60           163,300             158,200              80,500
 All Ages          $ 116,600           $ 118,900            $ 84,500
   ACTUARIAL  ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS: The changes in the PVFB and annual
 employer contributions presented herein have been  calculated  based  on
 the  actuarial  assumptions  and methods in effect for the June 30, 2019
 (Lag) actuarial valuations used to determine the Preliminary Fiscal Year
 2021 employer contributions of NYCRS.
   RISK AND UNCERTAINTY: The costs presented in this Fiscal  Note  depend
 highly  on the realization of the actuarial assumptions used, as well as
 certain demographic characteristics of NYCRS and other exogenous factors
 such as investment, contribution, and other risks. If actual  experience
 deviates  from actuarial assumptions, the actual costs could differ from
 those presented herein. Costs are also dependent on the actuarial  meth-
 ods  used,  and  therefore  different  actuarial  methods  could produce
 different results.  Quantifying these risks is beyond the scope of  this
 Fiscal Note.
   Not measured in this Fiscal Note are the following:
   *  The  initial,  additional  administrative  costs  to  implement the
 proposed legislation.

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   * The impact of this  proposed  legislation  on  Other  Postemployment
 Benefit (OPEB) costs.
   STATEMENT  OF ACTUARIAL OPINION: I, Sherry S. Chan, am the Chief Actu-
 ary for, and independent of, the New York City  Retirement  Systems  and
 Pension  Funds.  I  am a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an Enrolled
 Actuary under the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, a
 Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a Fellow of the Confer-
 ence of Consulting Actuaries. I meet the Qualification Standards of  the
 American  Academy of Actuaries to render the actuarial opinion contained
 herein. To the best of my knowledge, the results contained  herein  have
 been prepared in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles
 and  procedures  and  with the Actuarial Standards of Practice issued by
 the Actuarial Standards Board.
   FISCAL NOTE IDENTIFICATION: This Fiscal Note  2020-45  dated  May  28,
 2020  was  prepared  by  the  Chief  Actuary  for the five New York City
 Retirement Systems and Pension Funds. This estimate is intended for  use
 only during the 2020 Legislative Session.