NY S03557

Creates a legal presumption that heart disease causing disability or death in correction officers, correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrol officers, and deputy sheriff patrol supervisors is job-related and occurred in the line of duty

Applies to members of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System who passed a physical examination showing no heart disease prior to employment

Allows employers to rebut the presumption with competent evidence proving the heart condition was not work-related

Exempts the bill from Section 25 of the Retirement and Social Security Law, which typically requires localities to bear costs of enhanced benefits

Estimated fiscal impact includes $1.8 million in increased annual county contributions and $5.98 million in immediate past service costs shared by the state and local employers