Senate Bill S9831

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Extends provisions of law extending the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) benefit for public employee death benefits

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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
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2023-S9831 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10524
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§61-b, 361-b, 509-a & 607-i, R & SS L; amd §§512 & 2575, Ed L; amd §1266-h, Pub Auth L; amd §§13-149.1, 13-244.1, 13-347.1 & 13-544.1, NYC Ad Cd; amd §14, Chap 78 of 2021

2023-S9831 - Summary

Extends provisions extending the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) benefit for public employee death benefits until July 31, 2025.

2023-S9831 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9831 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9831
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security  law,  the  education
   law,  the  public  authorities  law and the administrative code of the
   city of New York, in relation to  extending  the  coronavirus  disease
   2019  (COVID-19) benefit for public employee  death  benefits; and  to
   amend  chapter  78 of  the  laws of 2021, amending the retirement  and
   social security law and other laws relating to establishing a  corona-
   virus  disease 2019 (COVID-19) benefit for public employee death bene-
   fits, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 61-b of the retire-
 ment and social security law, as amended by chapter 783 of the  laws  of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Such  member  died  on or before [December] JULY thirty-first, two
 thousand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE, and COVID-19 caused  or  contributed
 to  such  member's  death,  as documented on such member's death certif-
 icate, or as certified by a physician,  nurse  practitioner,  or  physi-
 cian's  assistant  described  in  paragraph  two of this subdivision who
 determines with a reasonable degree of medical certainty  that  COVID-19
 caused  or  contributed  to  the member's death, such member's statutory
 beneficiary shall receive an accidental death benefit, unless such stat-
 utory beneficiary elects to receive an ordinary death benefit.
   § 2. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 361-b of  the  retirement
 and  social security law, as amended by chapter 783 of the laws of 2022,
 is amended to read as follows:
   3. Such member died on or before  [December]  JULY  thirty-first,  two
 thousand  [twenty-four]  TWENTY-FIVE, and COVID-19 caused or contributed
 to such member's death, as documented on  such  member's  death  certif-
 icate,  or  as  certified  by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physi-
 cian's assistant described in paragraph  two  of  this  subdivision  who
 determines  with  a reasonable degree of medical certainty that COVID-19
 caused or contributed to the member's  death,  such  member's  statutory
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S9831A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10524
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§61-b, 361-b, 509-a & 607-i, R & SS L; amd §§512 & 2575, Ed L; amd §1266-h, Pub Auth L; amd §§13-149.1, 13-244.1, 13-347.1 & 13-544.1, NYC Ad Cd; amd §14, Chap 78 of 2021

2023-S9831A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends provisions extending the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) benefit for public employee death benefits until July 31, 2025.

2023-S9831A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9831A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9831--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the retirement and social security law, the education
   law, the public authorities law and the  administrative  code  of  the
   city  of  New  York,  in relation to extending the coronavirus disease
   2019 (COVID-19) benefit for public employee  death  benefits; and   to
   amend   chapter  78 of  the  laws of 2021, amending the retirement and
   social security law and other laws relating to establishing a  corona-
   virus  disease 2019 (COVID-19) benefit for public employee death bene-
   fits, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 61-b of the retire-
 ment  and  social security law, as amended by chapter 783 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Such member died on or before  [December]  JULY  thirty-first,  two
 thousand  [twenty-four]  TWENTY-FIVE, and COVID-19 caused or contributed
 to such member's death, as documented on  such  member's  death  certif-
 icate,  or  as  certified  by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physi-
 cian's assistant described in paragraph  two  of  this  subdivision  who
 determines  with  a reasonable degree of medical certainty that COVID-19
 caused or contributed to the member's  death,  such  member's  statutory
 beneficiary shall receive an accidental death benefit, unless such stat-
 utory beneficiary elects to receive an ordinary death benefit.
   §  2.  Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 361-b of the retirement
 and social security law, as amended by chapter 783 of the laws of  2022,
 is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Such  member  died  on or before [December] JULY thirty-first, two
 thousand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE, and COVID-19 caused  or  contributed
 to  such  member's  death,  as documented on such member's death certif-
 icate, or as certified by a physician,  nurse  practitioner,  or  physi-
 cian's  assistant  described  in  paragraph  two of this subdivision who
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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