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NY A01847
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Stacey Pheffer Amato
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AI Summary
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Creates a legal presumption that leptospirosis-related disability or death in uniformed sanitation department members was incurred in the performance of duty, unless proven otherwise by competent evidence
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Applies to paid sanitation workers drawn from competitive civil service lists who passed a physical examination upon entry that showed no evidence of the condition
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Upgrades disability benefits from approximately 1/3 of salary (ordinary disability) to 75% of Final Average Salary for qualifying members
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Upgrades death benefits from a lump sum of three times salary to a lifetime benefit of 50% of final year's wages plus potential Special Accidental Death Benefit
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Estimated employer contribution increase of $51,000 per disability incident and $215,000 per death incident annually, with costs allocated to New York City
Legislative Description
Provides a performance and discharge of duty presumption for any condition of impairment of health caused by leptospirosis, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a paid member of the uniformed force of a paid sanitation department, where such paid member is drawn from competitive civil service lists, who successfully passed a physical examination on entry into the service of such department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition.
Last Action
substituted by s4824a
6/16/2025