Bill Text: NY S05380 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to members of the police force who use hearing assistance devices and the definition of disabled.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S05380 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05380-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5380
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 16, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to  excluding  members  of  the police force who use hearing
         assistance devices from the definition of disabled
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  14-122 of the administrative code of the city of
    2  New York is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 14-122 Relief from active duty due to disability.  The  commissioner
    4  shall have power to relieve from active duty on patrol any member of the
    5  police  force,  who, while in the actual performance of duty and without
    6  fault or misconduct on his or her  part,  shall  have  become  disabled,
    7  physically,  as a result of injuries or illness attributable thereto, so
    8  as to be unfit to perform full police duty, such disability having  been
    9  certified  to  by so many of the police surgeons as the commissioner may
   10  require. Such member may be assigned to the performance  of  such  light
   11  duties as he or she may be qualified to perform.  THE TERM "DISABLED" AS
   12  USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE THOSE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE
   13  WHO CAN FULLY PERFORM POLICE DUTIES WITH THE USE OF A HEARING ASSISTANCE
   14  DEVICE.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03888-01-3
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