New York S 8058: Relates to disability retirement benefits for the presumption of cancer affecting the endocrine and thyroid systems and Parkinson's Disease for certain firefighters

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S08058 Summary:

BILL NOS08058B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08725-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§63-h & 607-k, R & SS L

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Relates to disability retirement benefits for the presumption of cancer affecting the endocrine and thyroid systems and Parkinson's Disease for certain firefighters.

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BILL NOS08058B

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/19/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/19/2025PRINT NUMBER 8058A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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

03/24/2026PRINT NUMBER 8058B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8058--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee -- 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 committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 disability retirement benefits for the presumption of cancer affecting
 the endocrine and thyroid systems and Parkinson's Disease for certain
 firefighters

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

 1 Section 1. Section 63-h of the retirement and social security law, as
 2 added by chapter 533 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 63-h. Certain impairments of health; presumption. a. Any member of
 4 the retirement system employed by the division of military and naval
 5 affairs shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this
 6 section if [he or she] such member is an airport firefighter apprentice,
 7 airport firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III
 8 or training and safety officer.
 9 b. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general or
 10 special law to the contrary, any condition of impairment of health
 11 caused by: (1) diseases of the heart; or (2) any (i) melanoma or (ii)
 12 condition of cancer affecting the lymphatic, digestive, hematological,
 13 urinary, neurological, breast, reproductive, endocrine, thyroid, or
 14 prostate systems resulting in disability to a member covered by this
 15 section, presently employed, who successfully passed a physical examina-
 16 tion on entry into service as an airport firefighter apprentice, airport
 17 firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III or train-
 18 ing and safety officer which examination failed to reveal evidence of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09941-05-6

 S. 8058--B 2

 1 any disease or other impairment of the heart or such melanoma or condi-
 2 tion, shall be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the perform-
 3 ance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by competent
 4 evidence and shall be paid a performance of duty disability retirement
 5 allowance equal to that which is provided in section sixty-three of this
 6 title, subject to the provisions of section sixty-four of this title.
 7 c. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general or
 8 special law to the contrary, any condition of impairment of health
 9 caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in disability to a member
 10 covered by this section, presently employed, who successfully passed a
 11 physical examination on entry into service as an airport firefighter
 12 apprentice, airport firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport fire-
 13 fighter III or training and safety officer, which examination failed to
 14 disclose evidence of any disease or other impairment of the lung, shall
 15 be presumptive evidence that it was incurred in the performance and
 16 discha