New York S 9948: Relates to the optional retirement of members employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor

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S09948 Summary:

BILL NOS09948 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11400

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §89-tt, amd §§445, 603 & 604, R & SS L

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Provides as an alternative retirement option from the current option, that any member employed as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles upon an election by a participating fire district, not including those in a city with a population of one million or more, shall be eligible to retire.

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BILL NOS09948 

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04/17/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9948

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 the optional retirement of members employed as an emergency medical
 technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical tech-
 nician, paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating fire
 district

 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 89-tt to read as follows:
 3 § 89-tt. Retirement of members employed as an emergency medical tech-
 4 nician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician,
 5 paramedic or supervisor of such titles in a participating fire district.
 6 a. (1) Any member employed on or after the effective date of this
 7 section as an emergency medical technician, critical care technician,
 8 advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervisor of such
 9 titles upon an election by a participating fire district shall be eligi-
 10 ble to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such eligibil-
 11 ity shall be an alternative to the eligibility provisions available
 12 under any other plan of this article to which such member is subject; or
 13 (2) Any member employed as an emergency medical technician, crit-
 14 ical care technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic
 15 or supervisor of such titles upon an election by a participating fire
 16 district, not including those in a city with a population of one million
 17 or more, shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this
 18 section. Such eligibility shall be an alternative to the eligibility
 19 provisions available under any other plan of this article to which
 20 such member is subject.
 21 b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of
 22 twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application
 23 therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
 24 c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon
 25 retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13979-03-6

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 1 with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of such member's
 2 accumulated contributions at the time of retirement and an additional
 3 pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-for-in-
 4 creased-take-home-pay to which they may then be entitled shall be suffi-
 5 cient to provide a retirement allowance equal to one-half of their final
 6 average salary.
 7 d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any and
 8 all services performed as an emergency medical technician, critical care
 9 technician, advanced emergency medical technician, paramedic or supervi-
 10 sor of such titles employed by a participating fire district.
 11 e. Credit for service as a paid firefighter or officer of any organ-
 12 ized fire department shall also be deemed to be creditable service and
 13 shall be included in computing years of total service for retirement
 14 pursuant to t