Assembly Bill A5712

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes disability retirement benefits for certain members who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Staph/MRSA

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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
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2023-A5712 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §605-g, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6242
2021-2022: A4574

2023-A5712 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes disability retirement benefits for correction officers, correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrols and deputy sheriff patrol supervisors who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Staph/MRSA; provides that such disability benefits shall be three-quarters of a member's final average salary.

2023-A5712 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5712
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   establishing  disability  retirement benefits for correction officers,
   correction supervisors, deputy  sheriff  patrols  and  deputy  sheriff
   patrol  supervisors  who  suffer any condition or impairment of health
   caused  by  methicillin  resistant  staphylococcus  aureus  (MRSA)  or
   Staph/MRSA
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 605-g to read as follows:
   § 605-G. DISABILITY RETIREMENT  FOR  CORRECTION  OFFICERS,  CORRECTION
 SUPERVISORS,  DEPUTY  SHERIFF PATROLS AND DEPUTY SHERIFF PATROL SUPERVI-
 SORS. A. A MEMBER EMPLOYED AS A CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION  SUPERVI-
 SOR,  DEPUTY SHERIFF PATROL OR DEPUTY SHERIFF PATROL SUPERVISOR SHALL BE
 ENTITLED TO A DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE, IF, AT THE TIME  APPLICA-
 TION  THEREFOR  IS  FILED,  SUCH  MEMBER IS PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED FOR
 PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AS A RESULT OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT  STAPHYLOCOCCUS
 AUREUS  (MRSA) OR STAPH/MRSA WHILE SO EMPLOYED AND AS A RESULT OF HIS OR
 HER EMPLOYMENT.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR  OF  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION
 SUPERVISOR,  DEPUTY  SHERIFF  PATROL OR DEPUTY SHERIFF PATROL SUPERVISOR
 WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA)
 OR  STAPH/MRSA,  RESULTING  IN  DISABILITY  TO  SUCH  MEMBER,  PRESENTLY
 EMPLOYED,  AND  WHO  SHALL  HAVE  SUSTAINED  SUCH  DISABILITY  WHILE  SO
 EMPLOYED, SHALL HAVE SUCH DIAGNOSIS BE PRESUMPTIVE  EVIDENCE  THAT  SUCH
 DISABILITY WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY, UNLESS
 THE  CONTRARY  BE  PROVEN BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO SERVICE, SUCH CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION  SUPER-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08376-02-3
              

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