Bill Text: NY A10249 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends provisions of the September 11th worker protection task force act relating to membership, meetings and extending the effectiveness thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-09-11 - SIGNED CHAP.169 [A10249 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10249-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10249

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT amending part B of chapter 104 of the laws of 2005  enacting  the
          September  11th  worker  protection  task  force  act,  in relation to
          requiring appointment of members, convening of meetings and  extending
          the effectiveness of the provisions of such act

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Sections 4 and 5, paragraph (f) of section 9  and  sections
     2  10  and  11  of  part B of chapter 104 of the laws of 2005, enacting the
     3  September 11th worker  protection  task  force  act,  paragraph  (f)  of
     4  section  9  as amended by chapter 93 of the laws of 2005 and subdivision
     5  11 as amended by chapter 45 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read  as
     6  follows:
     7    §  4. Time of appointment. The appointing authorities shall make their
     8  appointments to the task force not later  than  thirty  days  after  the
     9  adjournment  of  the  [2005]  2020  regular  legislative  session.   The
    10  original appointing authority,  using  the  criteria  set  out  in  this
    11  section  for  the  original appointment shall fill a vacancy on the task
    12  force.
    13    § 5. Time of convention. The task force shall  convene  within  ninety
    14  days  after  the  adjournment  of  the  [2005]  2020 regular legislative
    15  session and meet [at least quarterly or more frequently at the  call  of
    16  the chairperson] on a biannual basis.
    17    (f)  to  identify  and  examine  the limitations of any existing laws,
    18  regulations, programs, and services with regard to coverage,  extent  of
    19  disability,  process  for  determination,  including  average processing
    20  times for claims of disability and notices of participation and approval
    21  rates for such claims and notices, adequacy of coverage and treatment of
    22  specific types of disabilities, including lack of  coverage  for  public
    23  employees who participated in rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations in
    24  either a professional or volunteer capacity but had not joined a retire-
    25  ment  system  at  the  time of such participation, appeals processes for
    26  claims both within public  retirement  systems  and  the  court  system,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  opportunities  to synchronize various World Trade Center-related benefit
     2  programs at the federal and state level, and methods for identifying all
     3  participants in the rescue, recovery, or clean up operations so that the
     4  state may work to proactively treat the conditions described in subdivi-
     5  sion  g  of section 63 of the retirement and social security law, and to
     6  undertake any recommendations;
     7    § 10. Report. Beginning June 1, [2006] 2021, and on  June  first  each
     8  year  thereafter,  the task force shall submit a report to the governor,
     9  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of  the  assembly.
    10  Each such annual report shall address:
    11    (a) progress being made in fulfilling the duties of the task force and
    12  in developing recommendations; and
    13    (b)  recommended  strategies  or  actions  for  ongoing monitoring and
    14  treatment of individuals.
    15    § 11. This act shall take effect September 11, 2005, and shall  expire
    16  and be deemed repealed on June 10, [2020] 2025.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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