Bill Text: NY S08129 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-09-11 - SIGNED CHAP.169 [S08129 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08129-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8129

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 24, 2020
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        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.