Authorizes Lois J. Reid to apply for ordinary disability retirement benefits.

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S6581-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: referred to governmental employees
• Jun 21, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 21, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 21, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1467
• Jun 21, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Feb 29, 2012: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

S6581-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 21, 2012

S6581-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2012

S6581-2011 Votes

S6581-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    6581

                              I N  SENATE

                              February 29, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, MAZIARZ -- 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 entitled to collect  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. All retirement benefits  payable
  pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be paid to Lois J. Reid.
    S 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
  borne by the state.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
    FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

    This bill will grant temporary ordinary disability retirement benefits
  to  Lois  J.  Read, a retiree of the New York State and Local Employees'
  Retirement System, for the period from June 19, 1992  through  March  1,
  2003.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD14283-02-2

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    If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an immediate
  past  service cost of approximately $127,000. This cost will be borne by
  the State of New York as a one-time payment.
    Summary of relevant resources:

    Data:  March  31,  2011  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
  membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2011  Report  of  the
  Actuary and 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
    Assumptions  and  Methods:  2010  and  2011 Annual Report to the Comp-
  troller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules  and  Regulations  of  the
  State of New York: Audit and Control.
    Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2011 New York State and
  Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
  tion.
    Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
  the 2011 Actuarial Valuations report.
    I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
  fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
    This estimate, dated February 24,  2012  and  intended  for  use  only
  during  the  2012  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2012-89,
  prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'
  Retirement System.