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Senator · Senate District 59
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1282
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to civil service and pensions
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to governmental employees
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1215
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- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Provides for payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses of members of the state police with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of duties
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S109
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to members of the state police with injuries or illness incurred in the performance of duties
Purpose
To protect members of the State Police who become injured in the line of duty, but the injury or illness does not rise to the qualifying levels of a disability retirement. Currently there are no provisions for these individuals who qualify for workman's compensation for eighteen months and then must be separated horn state service.
Summary of provisions
Adds a new section 154-d to the Civil Service Law. This section provides for the payment of salary, wages, medical and hospital expenses for members of the State Police who are taken sick or injured as a result of the performance of duties. In addition, in certain circumstances the injured or ill member may serve in a light duty capacity.
Justification
Due to an inconsistency in the laws of New York, a Police Officer who is a member of the New York State Police could become injured or ill in the line of duty, exhaust his entire allotment of workman's compensation, and if not able to either return to full and strenuous duty or qualify for a disability retirement, be terminated. Municipal Police Officers who fall into this category are covered under section 207c of the General Municipal law, which provides that the injured police officer perform light duty or collect his normal salary while injured and unable to return to work. This legislation would grant members of the New York State Police the same protections as municipal police officers.
Legislative history
2011-12 S.6329/A.5730 Referred to Civil Service and Pensions 2008: S.6829/A.10135A Vetoed by Governor (VM76) 2007: S.1699/8137 Vetoed by Governor (VM144) 2006: S.6655/A.9848 Vetoed by Governor (VM375) 2005: A.7192 Vetoed by Governor (VM62) 2004: S.6786/A,11016 Vetoed by Governor (VM272)
Effective date
This act shall take effect 180 days after it is signed into law.
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