New York S 3513: Provides that payment of interest payment and attorney fees to claimant when payment of a claim is overdue shall be exclusive remedy

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S03513 Summary:

BILL NOS03513A

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Authorizes Lois J. Reid to reapply for ordinary disability retirement benefits.

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BILL NOS03513A

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026PRINT NUMBER 3513A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3513--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 authorize Lois J. Reid to apply for ordinary disability
 retirement benefits from 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 law, Lois J. Reid,
 2 who was employed by the Erie County Youth Board on March 6, 1970, and
 3 who was employed by the New York state department of social services on
 4 May 16, 1985, was a member of the New York state and local employees'
 5 retirement system for approximately 17.5 years, was diagnosed with
 6 chronic fatigue syndrome in 1990, which is a symptom of mitochondrial
 7 disease, of which was diagnosed on March 1, 2011, and which was only
 8 recently identified by the medical community, was declared to be totally
 9 and permanently disabled by the New York state department of social
 10 services in 1990, and who was declared to be totally and permanently
 11 disabled by the United States social security administration in the
 12 early 1990s, and who was denied ordinary disability retirement benefits,
 13 shall be allowed to reapply for ordinary disability retirement benefits
 14 from the New York state and local employees' retirement system covering
 15 the period from June 19, 1992 through March 1, 2003 if, within one year
 16 of the effective date of this act, she shall file a written request to
 17 that effect with the state comptroller.
 18 § 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
 19 borne by the state.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02872-03-6

 S. 3513--A 2

 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow Lois J. Reid, a service retiree of the New York
 State and Local Employees' Retirement System with a date of retirement
 of March 1, 2003, to apply for a temporary ordinary disability retire-
 ment benefit for the period from June 19, 1992 through March 1, 2003.
 There will be an immediate past service cost of approximately $127,000
 which will be borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This
 estimate assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2027.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
 actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
 value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
 Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
 modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
 change(s).
 This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
 of t