New York A 11273: Provides for presumptions for certain impairments of health

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A11273 Summary:

BILL NOA11273 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10131

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §607-m, R & SS L

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Provides for performance of duty presumptions for HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis for certain Nassau county positions.

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BILL NOA11273 

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05/04/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11273

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 4, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing for presumptions for certain impairments of health

 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. Certain impairments of health. Notwithstanding the provisions
 4 of any general, special or local law or administrative code to the
 5 contrary, a member who serves as an ambulance medical technician, ambu-
 6 lance medical technician coordinator, ambulance medical
 7 technician/supervisor or a member who performs ambulance medical techni-
 8 cian related services, or a police medic, police medic coordinator,
 9 police medic supervisor, bureau director emergency ambulance - county,
 10 assistant director emergency ambulance services - county, or a member
 11 who performs police medic or police emergency ambulance related services
 12 for the Nassau county police department who in performance of their
 13 duties contracts HIV, where there may have been an exposure to a bodily
 14 fluid of an individual or a person as a natural and proximate result of
 15 an act of any individual that may have involved transmission of a speci-
 16 fied transmissible disease from an individual to such member, tuberculo-
 17 sis or hepatitis will be presumed to have contracted by such disease in
 18 the performance or discharge of their duties, and will be presumed to be
 19 disabled from the performance of their duties, unless the contrary be
 20 proved by competent evidence.
 21 § 2. All the past services costs associated with implementing the
 22 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Nassau and may be
 23 amortized over a period of ten years.
 24 § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none
 25 of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation
 26 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
 27 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14618-02-6

 A. 11273 2

 This bill would provide a performance of duty (POD) disability
 presumption to certain members employed by the Nassau county police
 department who perform police medic or police emergency ambulance
 related services, are impaired due to contracting HIV, tuberculosis, or
 hepatitis following exposure to bodily fluids. Members must be covered
 under section 607-j of the retirement and social security law. The bene-
 fit is 50% of final average salary.
 This proposal would likely lead to an increased number of POD disabil-
 ity benefits for future retirees.
 We estimate that the annual contributions of Nassau county will not
 materially increase because of this proposal.
 There will be an immediate past service cost of $84,300 which will be
 borne by Nassau county as a one-time payment. This estimate assumes that
 payment will be made on February 1, 2027. If Nassau county elects to
 amortize this cost over 10 years, the cost for each year will be
 $10,800.
 Further, there could be some administrative costs to implement the
 provisions of this legislation.
 These estimated costs are based on 126 affected members employed by
 Nassau county, with annual salary of approximately $21 million as of
 March 31, 2025.
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