Senate Bill S1588

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1588 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4000
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-122, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8615
2013-2014: S5380, A866
2015-2016: S3276, A3434
2017-2018: S4102, A5395

2019-S1588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled.

2019-S1588 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1588
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  excluding  members  of  the police force who use hearing
   assistance devices from the definition of disabled

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  14-122 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended to read as follows:
   § 14-122 Relief from active duty due to disability.  The  commissioner
 shall have power to relieve from active duty on patrol any member of the
 police  force,  who, while in the actual performance of duty and without
 fault or misconduct on his or her  part,  shall  have  become  disabled,
 physically,  as a result of injuries or illness attributable thereto, so
 as to be unfit to perform full police duty, such disability having  been
 certified  to  by so many of the police surgeons as the commissioner may
 require. Such member may be assigned to the performance  of  such  light
 duties as he or she may be qualified to perform.  THE TERM "DISABLED" AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THOSE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE
 WHO CAN FULLY PERFORM POLICE DUTIES WITH THE USE OF A HEARING ASSISTANCE
 DEVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06147-01-9

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