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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to authorize Lois  J.  Reid  to  apply  for  ordinary  disability
  retirement  benefits  from  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.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Lois J. Reid,
who was employed by the Erie County Youth Board on March  6,  1970,  and
who  was employed by the New York state department of social services on
May 16, 1985, was a member of the New York state  and  local  employees'
retirement  system  for  approximately  17.5  years,  was diagnosed with
chronic fatigue syndrome in 1990, which is a  symptom  of  mitochondrial
disease,  of  which  was  diagnosed on March 1, 2011, and which was only
recently identified by the medical community, was declared to be totally
and permanently disabled by the New  York  state  department  of  social
services  in  1990,  and  who was declared to be totally and permanently
disabled by the United States  social  security  administration  in  the
early 1990s, and who was denied ordinary disability retirement benefits,
shall  be  entitled  to  collect ordinary disability retirement benefits
from the New York state and local employees' retirement system  covering
the  period from June 19, 1992 through March 1, 2003 if, within one year
of the effective date of this act, she shall file a written  request  to
that  effect with the state comptroller. All retirement benefits payable
pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be paid to Lois J. Reid.
  S 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
borne by the state.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This bill will grant temporary ordinary disability retirement benefits
to Lois J. Reid, a retiree of the New York State  and  Local  Employees'

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04711-02-3
              

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Retirement  System,  for  the period from June 19, 1992 through March 1,
2003.
  If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an immediate
past  service cost of approximately $127,000. This cost will be borne by
the State of New York as a one-time payment.
  Summary of relevant resources:
  Data: March 31, 2012 Actuarial Year End  File  with  distributions  of
membership  and  other  statistics  displayed  in the 2012 Report of the
Actuary and 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
  Assumptions and Methods: 2010, 2011 and  2012  Annual  Report  to  the
Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations of the
State of New York: Audit and Control.
  Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2012 New York State and
Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
tion.
  Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
the 2012 Actuarial Valuations report.
  I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
  This estimate, dated December 8, 2012 and intended for use only during
the 2013 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No.  2013-10,  prepared  by
the  Actuary  for  the  New  York  State and Local Employees' Retirement
System.