Senate Bill S6810

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to providing certain accidental disability retirement benefits for Nassau county ambulance medical technicians

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6810 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9051
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง605-e, R & SS L

2013-S6810 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides accidental disability retirement benefits equal to three-quarters of the final average salary for ambulance medical technicians, ambulance medical technician supervisors and ambulance medical technician coordinators in Nassau county.

2013-S6810 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6810 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6810

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MARTINS,  GOLDEN,  MARCELLINO  --  read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Civil Service and Pensions

AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
  providing accidental  disability  retirement  benefits  for  ambulance
  medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordina-
  tors and ambulance medical technicians in Nassau county

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
a new section 605-e to read as follows:
  S 605-E. ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR AMBULANCE MEDICAL  TECH-
NICIAN  SUPERVISORS, AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN COORDINATORS AND AMBU-
LANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIANS IN NASSAU COUNTY. A. A MEMBER  EMPLOYED  AS  A
AMBULANCE  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  SUPERVISOR, AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
COORDINATOR AND AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN IN NASSAU COUNTY  SHALL  BE
ENTITLED  TO  AN  ACCIDENTAL  DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE IF, AT THE
TIME APPLICATION THEREFOR IS FILED, SUCH MEMBER IS:
  1. PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AS THE
NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN  ACCIDENT,  UNLESS  THE  CONTRARY  BE
PROVED  BY  COMPETENT  EVIDENCE,  NOT  CAUSED  BY HIS OR HER OWN WILLFUL
NEGLIGENCE, SUSTAINED IN SUCH SERVICE AND WHILE ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF THE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND
  2. ACTUALLY IN SERVICE UPON WHICH HIS  OR  HER  MEMBERSHIP  IS  BASED.
HOWEVER,  IN  A  CASE WHERE A MEMBER IS DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE SUBSE-
QUENT TO THE ACCIDENT, EITHER VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY, AND PROVIDED
THAT THE MEMBER MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, APPLICATION MAY BE MADE NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE  MEMBER
IS FIRST DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE.
  B.  APPLICATION  FOR AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FOR
SUCH A MEMBER MAY BE MADE BY:
  1. SUCH MEMBER; OR
  2. THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER IS EMPLOYED; OR
  3. ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AND AUTHORIZED BY SUCH MEMBER.

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

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