New York S 7938: Authorizes Kristin Proud to receive certain service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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S07938 Summary:

BILL NOS07938 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08448

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SPONSORASHBY

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COSPNSRFAHY

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Authorizes Kristin Proud to receive certain service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement system for her volunteer service beginning March 25, 2020 and ending November 8, 2020.

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BILL NOS07938 

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05/14/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7938

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ASHBY, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
 Pensions

 AN ACT in relation to authorizing Kristin Proud to receive certain
 service credit with 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 the law to the
 2 contrary, Kristin Proud, an employee of the New York state council on
 3 developmental disabilities and a member of the New York state and local
 4 employees' retirement system, who for the period beginning March 25,
 5 2020 and ending November 8, 2020, was recruited by the senior staff in
 6 the governor's office to voluntarily assist the commissioner of health
 7 as a member of New York's "surge healthcare force" during the COVID-19
 8 pandemic, shall be granted full-time service credit in the New York
 9 state and local employees' retirement system for her volunteer employ-
 10 ment beginning March 25, 2020 and ending November 8, 2020, if within one
 11 year of the effective date of this act, she shall file a written request
 12 with the state comptroller. No contributions made to the New York state
 13 and local employees' retirement system by Kristin Proud shall be
 14 returned or refunded to her pursuant to this act.
 15 § 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
 16 shall be borne by the state of New York.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would grant service credit to Kristin Proud, a Tier 4 member
 of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System (NYSLERS)
 employed by the New York state council on developmental disabilities,
 for the period March 25, 2020 through November 8, 2020 during which time
 they were recruited by the senior staff in the governor's office to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11633-03-5

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 voluntarily assist the commissioner of health as a member of New York's
 "surge healthcare force" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 This bill is not consistent with the current New York State law defin-
 ing credited service as paid employment with a participating employer in
 NYSLRS.
 This bill will not increase the future annual contributions of the
 State of New York.
 If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, there
 will be an immediate past service cost of approximately $20,800 which
 will be borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This esti-
 mate assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2026.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
 al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
 2024 Report of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
 Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
 2024 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the
 Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and
 Control. The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March
 31, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
 and Supplementary Information.
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