New York S 3557: Provides a heart disease presumption for correction officers, correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisors

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S03557 Summary:

BILL NOS03557A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04943-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§63-j & 605-h, R & SS L

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Provides a heart disease presumption for correction officers, correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisors.

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BILL NOS03557A

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/11/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/29/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/29/2026PRINT NUMBER 3557A

02/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3557--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, HARCKHAM -- 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 correction officers,
 correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol
 supervisors

 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 63-j to read as follows:
 3 § 63-j. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding any
 4 provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to the
 5 contrary, any member who is a correction officer, correction supervisor,
 6 deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisor who is a
 7 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system and
 8 contracts any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of
 9 the heart, resulting in disability or death to such correction officer,
 10 correction supervisor, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol
 11 supervisor, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such disa-
 12 bility while so employed, shall be presumptive evidence that such disa-
 13 bility was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the
 14 natural and proximate result of an accident, unless the contrary be
 15 proved by competent evidence; provided, however, that prior to entry
 16 into service, such correction officer, correction supervisor, deputy
 17 sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisor successfully passed a
 18 physical examination which failed to disclose evidence of any disease or
 19 other impairment of the heart.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01281-03-6

 S. 3557--A 2

 1 § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 605-h to read as follows:
 3 § 605-h. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding
 4 any provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to
 5 the contrary, any member who is a correction officer, correction super-
 6 visor, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff patrol supervisor who is
 7 a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system
 8 and contracts any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases
 9 of the heart, resulting in disability or death to such correction offi-
 10 cer, correction supervisor, deputy sheriff patrol or deputy sheriff
 11 patrol supervisor, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such
 12 disability while so employed, shall be presumptive evidence that such
 13 disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the
 14 natural and proximate result of an accident, unless the contrary be
 15 proved by competent evidence; provided, however, that prior to entry
 16 into service, such correction officer, correction supervisor, deputy
 17 sheriff patrol or deputy sher