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

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S904-2013 Actions

• May 8, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 7, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 6, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.528
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

S904-2013 Meetings

Civil Service and Pensions: May 6, 2013

S904-2013 Calendars

Floor Calendar: May 7, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 8, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 20, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 21, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 22, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 29, 2013

S904-2013 Votes

S904-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S904

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to authorize Lois J. Reid to apply for ordinary disability retirement
benefits from the
New York state and local employees' retirement system

PURPOSE:
This legislation would authorize Lois J. Reid to apply for an
ordinary disability retirement benefits.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill
states that Lois
J. Reid should be deemed to have a chronic disability, and therefore
be eligible for a New York State Disability.

Section 2 states the cost shall be borne by the state.

Section 3 is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION: Lois J. Reid has been diagnosed as
having chronic
fatigue syndrome, a disease that was not classified at her time of
her forced retirement. Ms. Reid has been awarded a Social Security
Disability based on the findings of her disability. Since her
retirement much has become known of chronic fatigue syndrome and as a
result if Lois was employed today she would in all likelihood retire
with a disability pension, this legislation seeks to correct that
inequity.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.6581 Passed Senate in 2012

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: $127,000 to the Retirement System.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act will take effect immediately.

S904-2013 Text

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

                                     904

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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:


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04711-02-3

 S. 904                              2

    This bill will grant temporary ordinary disability retirement benefits
  to Lois J. Reid, a retiree of the New York State  and  Local  Employees'
  Retirement  System,  for  the period from June 19, 1992 through March 1,
  2003.
    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, 2012 Actuarial Year End  File  with  distributions  of
  membership  and  other  statistics  displayed  in the 2012 Report of the
  Actuary and 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
    Assumptions and Methods: 2010, 2011 and  2012  Annual  Report  to  the
  Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations of the
  State of New York: Audit and Control.
    Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2012 New York State and
  Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
  tion.
    Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
  the 2012 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 December 8, 2012 and intended for use only during
  the 2013 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No.  2013-10,  prepared  by
  the  Actuary  for  the  New  York  State and Local Employees' Retirement
  System.