NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8129

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 11, 2020	signed chap.169 delivered to governor
Jul 23, 2020	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.326 substituted for a10249
Jul 22, 2020	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jul 21, 2020	ordered to third reading cal.847
Jul 20, 2020	reported and committed to rules
Mar 24, 2020	referred to civil service and pensions

Votes

- Jul 22, 2020 - Floor Vote
  S8129
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jul 22, 2020
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
  Jul 21, 2020 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8129
  
  18
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jul 21, 2020
      
      aye (18)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      LaValle
  Jul 20, 2020 - Civil Service And Pensions Committee Vote
  S8129
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Civil Service And Pensions Committee Vote: Jul 20, 2020
      
      aye (7)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Borrello
      
      Funke
      
      Gounardes
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Savino

co-Sponsors

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10249
Law Section:: Retirement
Laws Affected:: Amd Part B §§4, 5, 9, 10 & 11, Chap 104 of 2005

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends provisions of the September 11th worker protection task force act relating to membership, meetings and extending the effectiveness thereof.

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8129

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act amending part B of chapter 104 of the laws of 2005 enacting the
September 11th worker protection task force act, in relation to requir-
ing appointment of members, convening of meetings and extending the
effectiveness of the provisions of such act

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To revive and extend the September 11th Workers Protection Task Force as
created in the 2005 World Trade Center Presumption Law.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends Sections 4,5,10 and 11 of the September
11th Workers Protection Task Force Act, as created in Part B of Chapter
104 of the laws of 2005, to require new appointments to the task force
at the conclusion of the 2020 legislative session, set a biannual meet-

ing requirement, expand the mandated areas of study, reset the deadline
for an annual report, and extend the provisions of the act until June
10th, 2025.

Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The September 11th Workers Protection Task Force was a key component of
New York's landmark 2005 legislation creating pension benefits for first
responders who participated in the rescue, recovery and cleanup oper-
ations at the World Trade Center. The Task Force, convened to produce
recommendations on issues affecting 9/11 first responders, consisted of
19 members: six appointed by the Governor, three by the Senate, three by
the Assembly, one by the State comptroller, one by the New York City
comptroller, one by the New York City mayor, one by the Department of
Health, one by the Department of Labor, one by the Division of the Budg-
et, and one by the Department of Civil Service.  The task force was
mandated to study issues such as the health impacts of exposure to
toxins at the pile, the limitations of existing laws and regulations for
accidental disability retirement benefits, and potential federal funding
to assist the state with costs.

First set to expire on June 10th, 2010, the task force met several times
in the years following its 2005 creation, and was so successful in
influencing the policy discussions surrounding 9/11 benefits that it was
extended multiple times throughout the years (most recently in Chapter
45 of 2015). The committee has become dormant of late, however, missing
critical opportunities to insert itself into the debate on how best to
expand and improve the World Trade Center Presumption Law.

This bill seeks to revitalize the Task Force by refreshing appointments,
expanding the areas of study to include issues more recently raised by
advocates for the first responder community, and extending the Task
Force until 2025. Lastly, the bill sets a biannual meeting requirement
to accompany the provision that the task force deliver reports on its
findings to the Governor, Senate and Assembly by June 1st each year.
These amendments seek to revive and strengthen the 9/11 Workers
Protection Task Force while holding it statutorily accountable to the
governmental leaders it seeks to advise. While the legislature has made
significant progress of late in extending unlimited sick leave and acci-
dental disability pensions to first responders not initially covered in
the 2005 law, we have much more to do before we achieve true benefits
equity for all who answered the call to action in the days following the
9/11 terrorist attacks. This bill takes a significant step towards that
equity by biannually convening experts to study any remaining gaps in
coverage for these 9/11 heroes.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8129
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 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  amending part B of chapter 104 of the laws of 2005 enacting the
   September 11th worker  protection  task  force  act,  in  relation  to
   requiring  appointment of members, convening of meetings and extending
   the effectiveness of the provisions of such act

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Sections 4 and 5, paragraph (f) of section 9 and sections
 10 and 11 of part B of chapter 104 of the laws  of  2005,  enacting  the
 September  11th  worker  protection  task  force  act,  paragraph (f) of
 section 9 as amended by chapter 93 of the laws of 2005  and  subdivision
 11  as amended by chapter 45 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as
 follows:
   § 4. Time of appointment. The appointing authorities shall make  their
 appointments  to  the  task  force  not later than thirty days after the
 adjournment of  the  [2005]  2020  regular  legislative  session.    The
 original  appointing  authority,  using  the  criteria  set  out in this
 section for the original appointment shall fill a vacancy  on  the  task
 force.
   §  5.  Time  of convention. The task force shall convene within ninety
 days after the  adjournment  of  the  [2005]  2020  regular  legislative
 session  and  meet [at least quarterly or more frequently at the call of
 the chairperson] ON A BIANNUAL BASIS.
   (f) to identify and examine the  limitations  of  any  existing  laws,
 regulations,  programs,  and services with regard to coverage, extent of
 disability, process  for  determination,  INCLUDING  AVERAGE  PROCESSING
 TIMES FOR CLAIMS OF DISABILITY AND NOTICES OF PARTICIPATION AND APPROVAL
 RATES FOR SUCH CLAIMS AND NOTICES, adequacy of coverage and treatment of
 specific  types  of  disabilities, INCLUDING LACK OF COVERAGE FOR PUBLIC
 EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN RESCUE, RECOVERY, OR CLEANUP OPERATIONS IN
 EITHER A PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER CAPACITY BUT HAD NOT JOINED A RETIRE-
 MENT SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF SUCH  PARTICIPATION,  APPEALS  PROCESSES  FOR
 CLAIMS  BOTH  WITHIN  PUBLIC  RETIREMENT  SYSTEMS  AND THE COURT SYSTEM,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15959-01-0

 S. 8129                             2
 
 OPPORTUNITIES TO SYNCHRONIZE VARIOUS WORLD TRADE CENTER-RELATED  BENEFIT
 PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL, AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ALL
 PARTICIPANTS IN THE RESCUE, RECOVERY, OR CLEAN UP OPERATIONS SO THAT THE
 STATE MAY WORK TO PROACTIVELY TREAT THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION  G  OF SECTION 63 OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, and to
 undertake any recommendations;
   § 10. Report. Beginning June 1, [2006] 2021, and on  June  first  each
 year  thereafter,  the task force shall submit a report to the governor,
 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of  the  assembly.
 Each such annual report shall address:
   (a) progress being made in fulfilling the duties of the task force and
 in developing recommendations; and
   (b)  recommended  strategies  or  actions  for  ongoing monitoring and
 treatment of individuals.
   § 11. This act shall take effect September 11, 2005, and shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed on June 10, [2020] 2025.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S8129

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Jul 22, 2020 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jul 22, 2020

Jul 21, 2020 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jul 21, 2020

Jul 20, 2020 - Civil Service And Pensions Committee Vote

Civil Service And Pensions Committee Vote: Jul 20, 2020

co-Sponsors

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Andrew Gounardes

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

co-Sponsors

Anna M. Kaplan

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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