Assembly Bill A7817

Vetoed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to certain lung disabilities incurred by members of the New York city transit authority in certain cases

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6972 - Vetoed by Governor


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

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2021-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6972
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §13-168.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10712

2021-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain lung disabilities incurred by members of the New York city transit authority in certain cases; provides that any lung condition resulting in total or partial disability or death to a member of the New York city transit authority, or its subsidiary corporation, where such member successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which exam failed to reveal evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been incurred in the performance and discharge of duty.

2021-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7817
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
   relation to certain lung disabilities incurred by members of  the  New
   York city transit authority in certain cases

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
 by adding a new section 13-168.1 to read as follows:
   § 13-168.1 TRANSIT AUTHORITY MEMBERS; PRESUMPTION IN CERTAIN DISEASES.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL
 OR  LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, ANY
 CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF  HEALTH  CAUSED  BY  DISEASES  OF  THE  LUNG,
 RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A MEMBER OF THE NEW
 YORK  CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR A MEMBER OF ITS SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THREE-A OF THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 LAW,  WHERE  SUCH  MEMBER  SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ON
 ENTRY INTO SUCH SERVICE OR SUBSEQUENT THERETO, WHICH EXAMINATION  FAILED
 TO  REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE
 THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   SUMMARY OF BILL: This proposed legislation would amend the Administra-
 tive Code of the City of New York (ACCNY) to add a new Section  13-168.1
 to  provide  a statutory presumption to Tier 1 and Tier 2 members of the
 New York City Employees' Retirement  System  (NYCERS)  who  are  Transit
 Authority   employees,  and  who  become  physically  incapacitated  for
 performance of duty, or die, due to lung disease.
   In determining whether qualifying lung disease was caused  by  employ-
 ment  for  the  Transit Authority, the diagnosis of lung disease, absent
 evidence of such condition upon examination at hire, would  be  presump-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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