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NY S06972
Bill
Status
12/29/2021
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Gounardes
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AI Summary
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Creates a statutory presumption that lung diseases causing disability or death in NYC Transit Authority members were work-related if no evidence of the condition existed at hire or subsequent physical exams.
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Applies to Tier 1 and Tier 2 members of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) who are Transit Authority employees.
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Entitles qualifying members or their beneficiaries to accident disability retirement benefits or accidental death benefits based on the presumption.
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Estimated to affect 8 active Transit Authority members as of June 30, 2020, with average increases in annual employer contributions ranging from $3,800 to $59,700 per affected member.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to certain lung disabilities incurred by members of the New York city transit authority in certain cases; provides that any lung condition resulting in total or partial disability or death to a member of the New York city transit authority, or its subsidiary corporation, where such member successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which exam failed to reveal evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been incurred in the performance and discharge of duty.
Last Action
VETOED MEMO.87
12/29/2021