NY A09391

Establishes a rebuttable presumption that lung disease causing total or partial disability or death in deputy sheriffs of cities with populations over one million is job-related, except for workers' compensation and labor law purposes.

Applies to active deputy sheriff employees drawn from competitive civil service lists who passed initial physical examinations showing no lung disease, and retired members who retired within five years and meet the same criteria.

Provides eligible disabled deputy sheriffs a pension equal to 75% of their final average salary instead of the standard ordinary disability benefit of approximately one-third of salary.

Allows retired members who became disabled from lung disease within five years of retirement to have their pensions recalculated at 75% of final average salary effective from the later of the bill's enactment or when the lung disease caused disability.

Estimated to increase New York City employer pension contributions by $55,000 per disability case and $167,000 per death case in the first year, scaling to over $1 million annually by 2049 if incidents occur each year.