New York A 8737: Relates to disability benefits for certain deputy sheriff members in the sheriff's department of N.Y. City

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A08737 Summary:

BILL NOA08737A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08142-B

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §607-m, R & SS L; add §207-r, Gen Muni L

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Provides a presumption for accidental disability benefits for certain deputy sheriff members in the sheriff's department of a city with a population of one million or more who in performance of their duties contract human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis or hepatitis.

Go to top A08737 Actions:

BILL NOA08737A

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06/02/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

02/02/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

02/02/2026print number 8737a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8737--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law and the general
 municipal law, in relation to accidental disability benefits for
 certain deputy sheriff members in the sheriff's department of a city
 with a population of one million or more

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

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new section 607-m to read as follows:
 3 § 607-m. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any member of
 4 the New York city employees' retirement system who is employed by the
 5 city of New York as a deputy sheriff, and who becomes physically or
 6 mentally incapacitated as the natural and proximate result of an injury,
 7 as described in subdivision b of this section, sustained in the perform-
 8 ance or discharge of such member's duties, shall be paid a performance
 9 of duty disability retirement allowance equal to three-quarters of final
 10 average salary, subject to section 13-176 of the administrative code of
 11 the city of New York.
 12 b. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general or
 13 special law to the contrary, for purposes of this section, a member
 14 covered by this section is injured when such member contracts HIV (where
 15 the member may have been exposed to a bodily fluid of a person under
 16 such member's care or treatment, or while such member examined, trans-
 17 ported or otherwise had contact with such person, in the performance of
 18 such member's duties), tuberculosis or hepatitis, will be presumed to
 19 have contracted such disease in the performance or discharge of such
 20 member's duties, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10889-07-6

 A. 8737--A 2

 1 § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section
 2 207-r to read as follows:
 3 § 207-r. Performance of duty disability retirement; New York city
 4 deputy sheriffs. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special
 5 or local law or administrative code to the contrary, a member who is a
 6 deputy sheriff in the sheriff's department of a city with a population
 7 of one million or more where such employees are drawn from competitive
 8 civil service lists and who in performance of such member's duties
 9 contracts human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (where such member may have
 10 been exposed to a bodily fluid of a person under such member's care or
 11 treatment, or while such member examined, transported, rescued or other-
 12 wise had contact with such person, in the performance of such member's
 13 duties), tuberculosis or hepatitis shall be presumed to have contracted
 14 such disease as a natural and proximate result of an accidental injury
 15 received in the performance or discharge of such member's duties, and
 16 not resulting from such member'