Bill Text: NY S02575 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2575 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Provides that the death of a member of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system from heart disease during the course of his or her employment shall be deemed an accidental death for purposes of survivor benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S02575 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2575
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 22, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
       AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
         accidental  death  benefits payable to beneficiaries of members of the
         New York state and local police and fire retirement system
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision a of section 361 of the retirement and social
    2  security law is amended by adding a new closing  paragraph  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE-A
    5  OF  THIS TITLE, ANY CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED BY DISEASES
    6  OF THE HEART WHICH RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF A MEMBER SHALL BE  DEEMED  TO
    7  HAVE  BEEN  INCURRED  AS THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT
    8  SUSTAINED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY IN THE SERVICE UPON  WHICH  HIS  OR
    9  HER MEMBERSHIP WAS BASED.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07333-01-3