Assembly Actions -
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Senate Bill S8785
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-S8785 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9378
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement and Social Security Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §507-b, R & SS L
2023-S8785 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that a corrections officer who contracts COVID-19 while employed as a uniformed personnel in institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision and suffers a permanent disability or death shall be presumed to have contracted COVID-19 in the performance and discharge of duty and shall be eligible for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit.
2023-S8785 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8785 SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to eligibility for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Relates to eligibility for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the retirement and social security law to include indi- viduals who contract COVID-19, and as a result suffer a permanent disa- bility or death, as eligible for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit. Section 2 provides the effective date.
2023-S8785 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8785 I N S E N A T E March 11, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to eligibility for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 507-b of the retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows: G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER COVERED BY THIS SECTION WHO CONTRACTS COVID-19 WHILE EMPLOYED AS A UNIFORMED PERSONNEL IN INSTI- TUTIONS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESULTING IN A PERMANENT DISABILITY OR DEATH, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE. SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PERFORMANCE OF DUTY DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, SUBJECT TO SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14508-01-4
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