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NY S03488
Bill
Status
12/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Jackson
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AI Summary
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Creates a legal presumption that heart disease causing disability or death for Nassau County Police Department emergency medical personnel was incurred in the line of duty, shifting the burden of proof to employers to prove otherwise
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Covers ambulance medical technicians, ambulance medical coordinators, ambulance medical technician/supervisors, police medics, police medic coordinators, police medic supervisors, and bureau directors of police emergency ambulance services
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Requires members to have passed a physical examination upon entering service that showed no evidence of heart disease or impairment to qualify for the presumption
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Adds new sections 63-j and 607-m to the Retirement and Social Security Law to provide enhanced disability benefits for these personnel
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All implementation costs to be borne by Nassau County, estimated at approximately $30,000 annually plus a one-time past service cost of $51,400, affecting 118 members with combined annual salaries of approximately $16 million
Legislative Description
Provides a performance of duty presumption for diseases of the heart for members who serve as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance medical coordinator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member who performs ambulance medical technician related services, or a police medic, police medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who performs police medic or police emergency ambulance related services and is employed in the Nassau county police department.
Last Action
VETOED MEMO.141
12/19/2025