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Apr 24, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A7796
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JAFFEE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Nelson Castro
Kenneth Zebrowski
Adriano Espaillat
Aileen Gunther
multi-Sponsors
Daniel Burling
Vivian Cook
Clifford Crouch
Susan John
2009-A7796 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Employees
- Law Section:
- Retirement and Social Security Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §363-a, add §809, R & SS L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
A3781
2009-A7796 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7796 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 24, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to certain medical presumptions applicable to members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 363-a of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 967 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows: 2. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to the contrary, any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in disability or death to a policeman, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such disability while so employed, shall be presumptive evidence that [is] IT was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty AND THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence. S 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new section 809 to read as follows: S 809. EFFECT AND REBUTTAL OF CERTAIN MEDICAL PRESUMPTIONS PERTAINING TO DISEASES OF THE HEART. A. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO CERTAIN APPLI- CATIONS FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. IT SHALL APPLY ONLY TO APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT UNDER THIS CHAPTER TO A PROVISION THAT ANY CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED BY A DISEASE OF THE HEART, RESULTING IN DISABILITY, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT SUCH DISABILITY WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF DUTY AND THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10764-01-9
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