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- Referred to civil service and pensions
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Title of bill
An act allowing the estate of Redmond O'Hanlon to file for an accidental death benefit
Purpose
To allow the estate of Redmond O'Hanlon to file for an accidental death benefit.
Summary of provisions
This bill provides that if the widow of Redmond O'Hanlon tiles the World Trade Center Accidental Disability Presumption Form and an application for conversion with the state comptroller before December 31, 2009, the filing shall be deemed to have been timely tiled and upon doing so, she would be eligible for the accidental death benefit provided for those who died as a result of their duties at the World Trade Center following the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Justification
Redmond O'Hanlon, a Port Authority police officer, developed psychiatric problems following his duties at the World Trade Center after the events of September 11, 2001. On July 19, 2004 he took a service retirement and on August 21, 2006, he committed suicide. For reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, prior to his retirement, he did not file the statutory presumption form with the state comptroller which would have given him the benefit that his mental condition was incurred in the performance of his duties at the World Trade Center. This legislation would allow his widow to receive the accidental death benefit instead of the service retirement benefit.
Legislative history
2008: S.5496 - Referred to Civil Service/A.8757 - Referred to Governmental Employees. 2007: S.5496 - Referred to Civil Service/A.8757 - Referred to Governmental Employees.
Fiscal implications
If such bill were enacted in the 2009 Legislative Session, there would be an immediate past service cost of $1.35 million. This cost would be shared by the State of New York and all the participating employers in the New York State Local Police and Fire Retirement System.
Effective date
Immediately.
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