Assembly Bill A6864A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides that New York city correction officers may file for disability without ten years of service

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A6864 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6559
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §507-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6135
2019-2020: S5852
2021-2022: S6984

2023-A6864 - Summary

Provides that New York city correction officers may file for disability without ten years of service.

2023-A6864 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6864
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   disability retirement of certain New York city correction members
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of  subdivision  b  of  section  507-a  of  the
 retirement  and social security law, as added by chapter 452 of the laws
 of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Have at least ten years of total  service  credit,  EXCEPT  THAT  A
 MEMBER  IN  THE  UNIFORMED  PERSONNEL OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
 CORRECTION MAY FILE AN APPLICATION WITHOUT REGARD TO LENGTH OF  SERVICE,
 and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   SUMMARY  OF BILL: This proposed legislation would modify the eligibil-
 ity requirements of Retirement and Social Security  Law  (RSSL)  Section
 507-a  for  certain  New York City Department of Correction (Correction)
 members of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS).
   For the purposes of this Fiscal Note, Covered Participants  refers  to
 NYCERS  Correction  members  who  are  subject  to  RSSL Article 14, but
 excludes non-Enhanced Revised Plan Correction Members.
   Under the proposed legislation, Covered Participants with less than 10
 years of credited service would be entitled to 507-a disability benefits
 without having to show the disability resulted from a work-related acci-
 dent.
   Effective Date: Upon enactment.
   IMPACT ON BENEFITS: Currently, Covered Participants who are determined
 to be disabled by the NYCERS' Medical Board,  and  have  accumulated  at
 least 10 years of service credit, are eligible for an immediate ordinary
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08668-02-3
 A. 6864                             2
              

2023-A6864A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6559
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §507-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6135
2019-2020: S5852
2021-2022: S6984

2023-A6864A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that New York city correction officers may file for disability without ten years of service.

2023-A6864A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6864--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   disability retirement of certain New York city correction members
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of  subdivision  b  of  section  507-a  of  the
 retirement  and social security law, as added by chapter 452 of the laws
 of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Have at least ten years of total  service  credit,  EXCEPT  THAT  A
 MEMBER  IN  THE  UNIFORMED  PERSONNEL OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
 CORRECTION MAY FILE AN APPLICATION WITHOUT REGARD TO LENGTH OF  SERVICE,
 and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   SUMMARY:  This  proposed  legislation would modify disability benefits
 for certain correction officers with less  than  10  years  of  credited
 service  without  having to show the disability resulted from a work-re-
 lated accident.
 
          EXPECTED INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
           by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Millions)
                     Year                NYCERS
                     2025                   0.4
                     2026                   0.4
                     2027                   0.4
                     2028                   0.4
                     2029                   0.4
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08668-03-4
              

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