New York S 7534: Relates to disability retirement benefits for the presumption of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for paid members of a fire department in a city with a population of one million or more

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S07534 Summary:

BILL NOS07534A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08229-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §207-r, Gen Muni L

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Provides a performance of duty presumption for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for paid members of a fire department in a city with a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOS07534A

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04/22/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/24/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/24/2026PRINT NUMBER 7534A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7534--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to disability
 retirement benefits for the presumption of amyotrophic lateral sclero-
 sis for paid members of a fire department in 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 general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 207-r to read as follows:
 3 § 207-r. Disabilities caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 4 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary,
 5 any condition of impairment of health caused by amyotrophic lateral
 6 sclerosis resulting in total or partial disability or death to a paid
 7 member of a fire department in a city with a population of one million
 8 or more, or any retired member of such department who has been retired
 9 for five or less years, who successfully passed a physical examination
 10 on entry into the service of such department, which examination failed
 11 to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence
 12 that it was incurred in the performance of duty unless the contrary be
 13 proved by competent evidence.
 14 § 2. The board of trustees of the New York city fire department
 15 pension fund shall take appropriate administrative action to implement
 16 the intent of section one of this act.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01265-03-6

 S. 7534--A 2

 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would provide certain members and
 retirees of the New York City Fire Pension Fund (FIRE) a rebuttable
 statutory presumption that a qualifying partial or total disability or
 death related to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) was incurred in the
 performance of duty.

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

 One One Incident
 Year Incident Per Year

 2027 300 300
 2028 300 608
 2029 300 926
 2030 300 1,253
 2031 300 1,590
 2032 300 1,937
 2033 300 2,295
 2034 300 2,664
 2035 300 3,043
 2036 300 3,434
 2037 300 3,836
 2038 300 4,251
 2039 300 4,678
 2040 300 5,118
 2041 0 5,271
 2042 0 5,430
 2043 0 5,592
 2044 0 5,760
 2045 0 5,933
 2046 0 6,111
 2047 0 6,294
 2048 0 6,483
 2049 0 6,678
 2050 0 6,878
 2051 0 7,084
 Employer contribution impact beyond Fiscal Year 2051 is not shown.

 The potential increases in employer contributions will be allocated to
 New York City.

 PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFITS: The Present Value of Benefits is the
 discounted expected value of benefits paid to current members if all
 assumptions are met, including future service accrual and pay increases.
 Future new hires are not included in this present value.

 INITIAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUES
 as of June 30, 2025 ($ in Thousands)

 Present Value (PV) Per Incident
 (1)