NY S08785 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-11 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Pending: Senate Civil Service and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on March 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-11 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Pending: Senate Civil Service and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Provides that a corrections officer who contracts COVID-19 while employed as a uniformed personnel in institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision and suffers a permanent disability or death shall be presumed to have contracted COVID-19 in the performance and discharge of duty and shall be eligible for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit.
Title
Provides that a corrections officer who contracts COVID-19 while employed as a uniformed personnel in institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision and suffers a permanent disability or death shall be presumed to have contracted COVID-19 in the performance and discharge of duty and shall be eligible for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit.
Sponsors
| Sen. Rachel May [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS |
Same As/Similar To
A09378 (Same As) 2024-03-06 - referred to governmental employees
