Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 06, 2014 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S7207
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 7th Senate District
Archive: Last 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
2013-S7207 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9477
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement and Social Security Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง607-i, R & SS L
2013-S7207 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7207 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits for members in the employ of the Nassau county police department as ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators and ambulance medical technicians SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation provides for a 3/4 performance of duty retirement for various Ambulance Medical Technician titles within Nassau County. JUSTIFICATION: Nassau County Police Medics serve their community countywide, providing the highest possible quality in pre-hospital advanced life support emergency medical service care. Though rare, it does happen that Nassau County Police Medics are rendered seriously and permanently disabled due to injuries sustained in the line of duty. While such instances occur infrequently, they are nonetheless devastating to the Medic involved, their spouses, and their children. Police Medics respond to and perform work in varying types of situations, from the scenes of basic medical assistance calls to truly
2013-S7207 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7207 I N S E N A T E May 6, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits for members in the employ of the Nassau county police department as ambu- lance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators and ambulance medical technicians 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 607-i to read as follows: S 607-I. PERFORMANCE OF DUTY DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS IN THE EMPLOY OF THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AS AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECH- NICIAN SUPERVISORS, AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN COORDINATORS AND AMBU- LANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. A. A MEMBER EMPLOYED BY THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AS AN AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN SUPERVISOR, AMBU- LANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN COORDINATOR OR AN AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, WHO BECOMES PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES AS THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN INJURY, SUSTAINED IN THE PERFORMANCE OR DISCHARGE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES SHALL BE PAID A PERFORMANCE OF DUTY DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE EQUAL TO THREE-QUAR- TERS OF FINAL AVERAGE SALARY, SUBJECT TO SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER. B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER COVERED BY THIS SECTION WHO CONTRACTS HIV (WHERE THE MEMBER MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO A BODILY FLUID OF A PERSON UNDER HIS OR HER CARE OR TREATMENT, OR WHILE THE MEMBER EXAMINED, TRANSPORTED OR OTHERWISE HAD CONTACT WITH SUCH PERSON, IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES) TUBERCULOSIS OR HEPATITIS, WILL BE PRESUMED TO HAVE CONTRACTED SUCH DISEASE IN THE PERFORMANCE OR DISCHARGE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE. C. 1. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OR RULE OR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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