What's happening
This bill expands civil service credit eligibility to include stepchildren and certain children of fallen first responders.
Why it matters
Broadens civil service preference benefits. to include not just biological and adopted children, but also stepchildren and certain children of surviving spouses, recognizing the diverse family structures of fallen first responders.
Addresses gaps in survivor support. by ensuring that stepchildren and pre-existing children of a surviving spouse can access the same career advancement opportunities, which can help stabilize families after the loss of a provider.
May increase the number of eligible beneficiaries. for civil service credits, potentially impacting the competitiveness of civil service exams and the distribution of preference points.
Signals state recognition of non-traditional family relationships. in the context of public service benefits, which could set a precedent for future amendments in other areas of law.
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Include Stepchildren as Survivors
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Include Stepchildren in Benefits
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
636
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to civil service credits for step children of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line of duty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 85-a of the civil service law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "child" shall include (i) a step child of a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty, or (ii) the child of a surviving spouse of a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty, provided that such child was born prior to the date on which such an individual is killed in the line of duty.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 85-b of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 376 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
1. [Definition] Definitions. (a) As used in this section, "killed in the line of duty" shall mean having died in the performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of the World Trade Center attack on September eleventh, two thousand one or as the natural and proximate result of participation in the rescue effort that was conducted in response to such attack.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "child" shall include (i) a step child of a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty, or (ii) the child of a surviving spouse of a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty, provided that such
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child was born prior to the date on which such an individual is killed in the line of duty.
§ 3. Subdivision 1 of section 85-c of the civil service law is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "child" shall include (i) a step child of a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty, or (ii) the child of a surviving spouse of a firefighter, police officer, emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty, provided that such child was born prior to the date on which such an individual is killed in the line of duty.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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