New York S 3960: Relates to payments for behavioral health services

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S03960 Summary:

BILL NOS03960A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05378-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §604-e, R & SS L

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Places limits on the additional member contributions required of certain EMTs in the twenty-five year retirement program.

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BILL NOS03960A

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/26/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

03/26/2026PRINT NUMBER 3960A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3960--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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
 the additional member contributions required of certain EMTs in the
 twenty-five year retirement program

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision e of section 604-e of the
 2 retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 577 of the laws
 3 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. In addition to the member contributions required by section six
 5 hundred thirteen of this article, each participant in the twenty-five
 6 year retirement program shall contribute to the retirement system of
 7 which [he or she is] they are a member (subject to the applicable
 8 provisions of subdivision d of section six hundred thirteen of this
 9 article) an additional six and twenty-five one-hundredths percent of
 10 [his or her] their compensation earned from (i) all allowable service,
 11 as a participant in the twenty-five year retirement program, rendered on
 12 or after the starting date of the twenty-five year retirement program,
 13 and (ii) all allowable service after such person ceases to be a partic-
 14 ipant, but before [he or she] they again [becomes] become a participant
 15 pursuant to paragraph six of subdivision b of this section. The addi-
 16 tional contributions required by this subdivision shall be in lieu of
 17 additional member contributions required by subdivision d of section six
 18 hundred four-c of this [chapter] article as added by chapter ninety-six
 19 of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-five, and no member making addi-
 20 tional contributions pursuant to this section shall be required to make

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00105-03-6

 S. 3960--A 2

 1 contributions pursuant to such subdivision d of section six hundred
 2 four-c of this [chapter] article. Notwithstanding the foregoing
 3 provisions of this paragraph, the additional member contribution
 4 required to be paid by each participant pursuant to this paragraph shall
 5 not exceed the percentage of their compensation that, when added to the
 6 contribution made pursuant to subdivision d of section six hundred thir-
 7 teen of this article, equals nine and twenty-five one-hundredths percent
 8 of that compensation.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 10 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 SUMMARY: This proposed legislation would limit total employee contrib-
 utions for Tier 6 members of the NYCERS Emergency Medical Technician
 (EMT) 25-Year Retirement Plan to 9.25% of pensionable pay, starting on
 the April 1st following adoption of the proposed legislation.

 EXPECTED INCREASE (DECREASE) IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
 by Fiscal Year for the first 25 years ($ in Millions)

 Year NYCERS
 2027 4.4
 2028 4.6
 2029 4.8
 2030 4.9
 2031 5.1
 2032 5.3
 2033 5.5
 2034 5.8
 2035 6.0
 2036 6.3
 2037