Bill Text: NY S04445 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4445 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes Lois J. Reid to apply for ordinary disability retirement benefits.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to governmental employees [S04445 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04445-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         4445--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 20, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  GALLIVAN,  ORTT,  YOUNG -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
          Service  and Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service
          and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  authorize  Lois  J.  Reid  to apply for ordinary disability
          retirement benefits from the  New  York  state  and  local  employees'
          retirement system
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Lois  J.  Reid,
     2  who  was  employed  by the Erie County Youth Board on March 6, 1970, and
     3  who was employed by the New York state department of social services  on
     4  May  16,  1985,  was a member of the New York state and local employees'
     5  retirement system for  approximately  17.5  years,  was  diagnosed  with
     6  chronic  fatigue  syndrome  in 1990, which is a symptom of mitochondrial
     7  disease, of which was diagnosed on March 1, 2011,  and  which  was  only
     8  recently identified by the medical community, was declared to be totally
     9  and  permanently  disabled  by  the  New York state department of social
    10  services in 1990, and who was declared to  be  totally  and  permanently
    11  disabled  by  the  United  States  social security administration in the
    12  early 1990s, and who was denied ordinary disability retirement benefits,
    13  shall be entitled to collect  ordinary  disability  retirement  benefits
    14  from  the New York state and local employees' retirement system covering
    15  the period from June 19, 1992 through March 1, 2003 if, within one  year
    16  of  the  effective date of this act, she shall file a written request to
    17  that effect with the state comptroller. All retirement benefits  payable
    18  pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be paid to Lois J. Reid.
    19    § 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
    20  borne by the state.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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