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                                   3513
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to authorize Lois  J.  Reid  to  apply  for  ordinary  disability
   retirement  benefits  from  the  New  York  state and local employees'
   retirement system

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Lois J. Reid,
 who was employed by the Erie County Youth Board on March  6,  1970,  and
 who  was employed by the New York state department of social services on
 May 16, 1985, was a member of the New York state  and  local  employees'
 retirement  system  for  approximately  17.5  years,  was diagnosed with
 chronic fatigue syndrome in 1990, which is a  symptom  of  mitochondrial
 disease,  of  which  was  diagnosed on March 1, 2011, and which was only
 recently identified by the medical community, was declared to be totally
 and permanently disabled by the New  York  state  department  of  social
 services  in  1990,  and  who was declared to be totally and permanently
 disabled by the United States  social  security  administration  in  the
 early 1990s, and who was denied ordinary disability retirement benefits,
 shall  be allowed to reapply for ordinary disability retirement benefits
 from the New York state and local employees' retirement system  covering
 the  period from June 19, 1992 through March 1, 2003 if, within one year
 of the effective date of this act, she shall file a written  request  to
 that effect with the state comptroller.
   § 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
 borne by the state.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill would allow Lois J. Reid, a service retiree of the New York
 State and Local Employees' Retirement System with a date  of  retirement

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 of  March  1, 2003, to apply for a temporary ordinary disability retire-
 ment benefit for the period from June 19, 1992 through March 1, 2003.
   If  this  bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session and Lois
 J.  Reid is granted a temporary disability benefit,  there  will  be  an
 immediate  past  service  cost  of  approximately $127,000 which will be
 borne by the State of New York as  a  one-time  payment.  This  estimate
 assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2026.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership  data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
 al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the
 2024  Report  of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
 Report.  The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
 2024 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, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
 and Supplementary Information.
   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  24,  2025,  and intended for use only
 during the 2025 Legislative Session, is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2025-26.  As
 Chief  Actuary  of  the  New  York State and Local Retirement System, I,
 Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this  analysis  complies  with
 applicable  Actuarial  Standards  of  Practice  as  well  as the Code of
 Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for  Actuaries  Issuing
 Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
 which I am a member.