New York S 4326: Relates to licensure, certification or registration and required inspections, background clearances and training for child care providers; repealer

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S04326 Summary:

BILL NOS04326A

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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Grants Lawrence Korzeniewski, the statutory beneficiary of Janice Korzeniewski, accidental death benefits because Janice Korzeniewski was directed by her employer to return to work and contracted COVID-19 within 45 days of reporting to work and died from such disease.

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BILL NOS04326A

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026PRINT NUMBER 4326A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4326--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 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 granting Lawrence Korzeniewski, the statutory beneficiary of
 Janice Korzeniewski, accidental death benefits

 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 the retirement and
 2 social security law or of any general, special or local law to the
 3 contrary, Lawrence Korzeniewski, the statutory beneficiary of Janice
 4 Korzeniewski, a member of the New York state and local employees'
 5 retirement system, who as directed by her employer worked from March 1,
 6 2020 through April 16, 2020 and who contracted COVID-19 within forty-
 7 five days of reporting to work and died from the disease on October 19,
 8 2020, as documented on such member's death certificate, shall be deemed
 9 eligible to request conversion of the member's service or disability
 10 retirement benefit into an accidental death benefit, if within one year
 11 of the effective date of this act, he shall have filed a written request
 12 with the state comptroller.
 13 § 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
 14 shall be borne by the state of New York.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow Lawrence Korzeniewski, the statutory beneficiary
 of deceased retiree Janice Korzeniewski, to request conversion of Janice
 Korzeniewski's service retirement benefit into an accidental death ben-
 efit. Janice Korzeniewski retired from the New York State and Local
 Employees' Retirement System effective August 10, 2020. The service

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02916-03-6

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 retirement benefit is not currently eligible for conversion pursuant to
 §607-i of the Retirement and Social Security Law, which requires the
 deceased to have retired prior to July 1, 2020.
 There will be an immediate past service cost of $209,000 borne by the
 state of New York as a one-time payment. This cost assumes that payment
 will be made on March 1, 2027.
 This bill will not increase the state of New York's annual contrib-
 utions.
 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 be