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Provides for the payment of the salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of any city of Yonkers detention officer injured in the line of duty
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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BILL NUMBER:S1013
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to disability coverage for detention officers employed by the city of Yonkers
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this legislation is to provide for the payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of any city of Yonkers detention officer injured in the line of duty.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 and 2 of this bill amends Subdivision 1 of Section 207-c of the general municipal law, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 675 of the Laws of 1997 to include detention officers employed by the City of Yonkers who are in the performance of his or her duties or who has taken sick as a result of the performance of his or her duties as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment shall by paid the full amount of his or her salary or wages by the municipality by which he or she is employed until the disability arising there from ceases.
In addition, such municipality shall be liable for all medical treatment and hospital care necessitated by reason of such injury or illness.
Justification
The Yonkers Detention officers are a small unit comprised of 23 officers including a supervisor. This bill would provide these officers with parity with other law enforcement agencies throughout New York State. Detention officers experience daily hazards while performing their duties such as airborne pathogen, TB, Hepatitis and other contagion, violent prisoner confrontation, constant exposure to noise levels and transporting prisoners in excess of 14,000 annually, including high profile and high risk prisoners.
Detention officers, as with other law enforcement officers, often have high stress-related incidents such as hypertension, heart disease, and injuries sustained during violent confrontations with prisoners. They are also exposed to hazardous materials such as drug paraphernalia during searches of prisoners and cells. Detention officers also are required to work in different shifts which statistically have been proved to take its toll on officers health and well-being.
Legislative history
2009/2010 - S.3928 (Died - Finance) 2007/2008 - S.8330 (Died - Rules)
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section one of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the same date as the amendments to subdivision 1 of Section 207-c of the general municipal law, made by section 1 of Chapter 628 of the laws of 1991, take effect, when upon such date section two of this act shall take effect.
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