New York S 6555: Provides a heart disease presumption for certain members employed as fire alarm dispatchers

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S06555 Summary:

BILL NOS06555A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07333-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRMARTINS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §607-m, R & SS L

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Provides a heart disease presumption for members employed as a fire alarm dispatcher, a supervising fire alarm dispatcher level one or a supervising fire alarm dispatcher level two of a fire department in a city with a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOS06555A

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/16/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/16/2026PRINT NUMBER 6555A

05/18/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6555--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, MARTINS -- 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 retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing a heart disease presumption for certain members employed as
 fire alarm dispatchers

 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-m to read as follows:
 3 § 607-m. Disabilities of fire alarm dispatchers in certain cases. 1.
 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or
 5 administrative code to the contrary, but except for the purposes of the
 6 workers' compensation law and the labor law, any condition of impairment
 7 of health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in total or partial
 8 disability or death to a person performing the duties of a fire alarm
 9 dispatcher, a supervising fire alarm dispatcher level one or a supervis-
 10 ing fire alarm dispatcher level two of a fire department in a city with
 11 a population of one million or more, who successfully passed a physical
 12 examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which
 13 examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be
 14 presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and
 15 discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
 16 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a fire alarm dispatch-
 17 er, supervising fire alarm dispatcher level one or supervising fire
 18 alarm dispatcher level two member of a fire department in a city with a
 19 population of one million or more retiring pursuant to the provisions of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07109-03-6

 S. 6555--A 2

 1 subdivision one of this section shall receive a pension equal to three-
 2 fourths 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 25 of the retirement and social security law.
 8 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would provide to NYCERS Tier 4 and
 Tier 6 Fire Alarm Dispatchers 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 the member's 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 Disabilit