New York S 9905: Relates to the effective date of a reclassification for an accidental disability retirement benefit

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S09905 Summary:

BILL NOS09905 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRSKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd R & SS L, generally

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Relates to the effective date of a reclassification for an accidental disability retirement benefit for applications filed on or after January 1, 2027.

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BILL NOS09905 

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04/13/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1756

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9905

 IN SENATE

 April 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 the effective date of a reclassification for an accidental disability
 retirement benefit

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of subdivision g of section
 2 63 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 489
 3 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) The comptroller shall consider a reclassification of the member's
 5 retirement as an accidental disability retirement effective as of the
 6 date of such reclassification; provided, however, for applications filed
 7 on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the comptroller's
 8 determination of a reclassification of the member's retirement as an
 9 accidental disability retirement shall be effective as of the date such
 10 application is filed.
 11 § 2. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of subdivision g of section 363
 12 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 489 of
 13 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 14 (b) The comptroller shall consider a reclassification of the member's
 15 retirement as an accidental disability retirement effective as of the
 16 date of such reclassification; provided, however, for applications filed
 17 on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the comptroller's
 18 determination of a reclassification of the member's retirement as an
 19 accidental disability retirement shall be effective as of the date such
 20 application is filed.
 21 § 3. Subparagraph (c) of paragraph 2 of subdivision h of section 363-
 22 bb of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 93
 23 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 24 (c) The comptroller shall consider a reclassification of the member's
 25 retirement as an accidental disability retirement effective as of the
 26 date of such reclassification; provided, however, for applications filed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14960-02-6

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 1 on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the comptroller's
 2 determination of a reclassification of the member's retirement as an
 3 accidental disability retirement shall be effective as of the date such
 4 application is filed.
 5 § 4. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of subdivision g of section 507
 6 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 489 of
 7 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 8 (b) The comptroller or applicable retirement system board of trustees
 9 shall consider a reclassification of the member's retirement as an acci-
 10 dental disability retirement effective as of the date of such reclassi-
 11 fication; provided, however, for applications filed on or after January
 12 first, two thousand twenty-seven, the comptroller's determination of a
 13 reclassification of the member's retirement as an accidental disability
 14 retirement shall be effective as of the date such application is filed.
 15 § 5. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph