NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8007

Senate Bill S8007

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Includes SUNY police officers for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9876
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §363-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S4634, A6413
2021-2022: A4393
2023-2024: A5710

2019-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes SUNY police officers for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease.

2019-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8007

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
certain disabilities of university police officers appointed by the
state university of New York

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To grant eligibility for the presumption regarding impairment caused by
heart disease as a performance of duty disability provision applicable
to university police officers appointed by the State University of New
York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 363-a of the Retirement and Social Security
Law to include university police officers appointed by the State Univer-
sity of New York in the definition of police officer for the purposes of

disability benefits.

Section two states that amendments made to section 363-a by this act do
not affect the application of such provisions as extended by the
provisions of section 480 of the retirement and social security law.

Section three provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Currently, university police officers appointed by the State University
of New York are not eligible for the performance of duty disability
provision relating to the presumption of impairment caused by heart
disease.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

University Police Officers appointed by the State University of New York
perform duties which are as stressful and physically demanding as other
police officers and firefighters. This bill will provide University
Police Officers with the same benefit pertaining to a heart presumption
as is provided other police officers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019: S3841 - Vetoed, Veto Memo 265

2018: S.4634-A - Vetoed, Veto Memo 352

2017: S.4634 - Passed Senate, died in Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8007
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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
   certain disabilities of university police officers  appointed  by  the
   state university of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 363-a of the retirement and social
 security law, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of 2016, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   3.  As used in this section, the terms "firefighter" and "police offi-
 cer" mean any member who is performing police or fire  service,  as  the
 phrase police or fire service is defined in paragraphs a, b, c, d, f (as
 added by chapter six hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen eight-
 y-six),  f (as added by chapter six hundred seventy-seven of the laws of
 nineteen eighty-six), g, h, I and j of  subdivision  eleven  of  section
 three  hundred two of this article, and who, prior to entry into service
 as a firefighter or police officer, successfully passed a physical exam-
 ination which failed to  disclose  evidence  of  any  disease  or  other
 impairment of the heart.
   §  2.  The  amendments  to  section 363-a of the retirement and social
 security law made by section one of this act shall not  affect,  impair,
 or  invalidate  any  temporary  right,  privilege,  or benefit conferred
 pursuant to the provisions of a general, special  or  local  law  (other
 than pursuant to articles 14 and 15 of the retirement and social securi-
 ty  law)  for  any  member of a public retirement system or pension plan
 funded by the state or one of its political subdivisions, nor shall  any
 amendments thereto affect the application of such provisions as extended
 by  the  provisions of section 480 of the retirement and social security
 law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill is a technical correction to Chapter  561  of  the  Laws  of
 2015.    It  would  add  a  "heart  bill" performance of duty disability
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08624-04-0

 S. 8007                             2
 
 provision for police officers of the State University of  New  York  who
 are  members  of the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
 System.
   If  this  bill  is  enacted,  it could lead to more disabilities being
 classified as "performance of duty". We anticipate that few  performance
 of  duty disability retirements will be granted, and thus, the resulting
 costs will be negligible.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   The membership data used in  measuring  the  impact  of  the  proposed
 change  was  the same as that used in the March 31, 2019 actuarial valu-
 ation.  Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the  2019
 Report  of  the  Actuary  and  the  2019  Comprehensive Annual Financial
 Report.
   The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the  2015,
 2016,  2017, 2018 and 2019 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial
 Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the  State  of  New
 York: Audit and Control.
   The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2019
 New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and
 Supplementary Information.
   I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
 fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
   This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the  viability
 of  the  proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
 the professional judgment of an attorney.
   This estimate, dated January 22,  2020,  and  intended  for  use  only
 during  the  2020  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2020-30,
 prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement
 System.

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