New York S 8147: Requires health insurance policies and medicaid to cover biomarker testing for certain purposes

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S08147 Summary:

BILL NOS08147B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08879-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §607-i, R & SS L

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Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

Go to top S08147 Actions:

BILL NOS08147B

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/09/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 8147A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/15/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 8147B

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8147--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- 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 amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing a heart disease presumption for certain New York police
 department traffic enforcement agents

 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-i to read as follows:
 3 § 607-i. Disabilities; health presumption. a. Notwithstanding the
 4 provisions of any general, special or local law or administrative code
 5 to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the workers' compen-
 6 sation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment of health
 7 caused by diseases of the heart resulting in total or partial disability
 8 or death to a member in the employ of the city of New York police
 9 department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I or traffic
 10 enforcement agent II, where such member successfully passed a physical
 11 examination on entry into the service of such department, which examina-
 12 tion failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presump-
 13 tive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of
 14 duty, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
 15 b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local
 16 law or the administrative code to the contrary, a member employed by the
 17 city of New York police department as a traffic enforcement agent I or
 18 traffic enforcement agent II who shall be retired pursuant to subdivi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10780-05-6

 S. 8147--B 2

 1 sion a of this section shall receive a pension equal to three-quarters
 2 of such member's final average salary.
 3 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
 4 provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.
 5 § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the
 6 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 7 of section twenty-five of this chapter.
 8 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would provide Tier 4 and Tier 6
 Traffic Enforcement Agents with a rebuttable statutory presumption that
 a qualifying disability or death related to heart disease was incurred
 in the performance of duty and provide a performance of duty disability
 benefit equal to 75% of Final Average Salary.

 ILLUSTRATION-INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
 by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Thousands)

 One Incident One Incident Per Year
 Year Disability Death Disability Death
 2027 40 26 40 26
 2028 40 26 81 53
 2029 40 26 123 81
 2030 40 26 167 109
 2031 40 26 212 138
 2032 40 26 258 169
 2033 40 26 305 200
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