New York Assembly Bill 9873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-20 - referred to governmental employees
Pending: Assembly Governmental Employees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes disability retirement benefits for certain members who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung; covers certain titles under the New York city employees' retirement system; provides that covered members who are diagnosed with any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in disability to such member, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such disability while so employed, shall have such diagnosis be presumptive evidence that such disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence.

Establishes disability retirement benefits for certain members who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung; covers certain titles under the New York city employees' retirement system; provides that covered members who are diagnosed with any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in disability to such member, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such disability while so employed, shall have such diagnosis be presumptive evidence that such disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence.

Asm. Peter Abbate [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-20	Assembly	referred to governmental employees

S06039 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9873
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09873&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A09873