What's happening
This bill grants paid line-of-duty sick leave to public employees with qualifying World Trade Center conditions, with costs reimbursed for smaller municipalities.
Why it matters
Ensures continued financial stability for affected workers. By granting paid sick leave at the employee’s regular rate of pay, the bill helps public employees diagnosed with qualifying World Trade Center conditions avoid loss of income while unable to work due to these illnesses.
Protects accrued sick leave balances. The leave provided under this legislation does not count against an employee’s existing sick leave, preserving their accrued time off for other potential health needs or emergencies.
Retroactive benefits for current sufferers. Employees currently using their own sick leave for qualifying World Trade Center conditions will have their used sick time restored back to the date of diagnosis, offering immediate relief and correcting past financial disadvantages.
Targets support to smaller communities. By reimbursing smaller municipalities and authorities (those serving populations under one million) for the cost of this sick leave, the bill ensures that financial burdens do not deter these entities from supporting affected employees, promoting equitable treatment statewide.
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Who cares
Public employees with qualifying World Trade Center conditions
Eligible officers and employees who filed a notice of participation in rescue, recovery or cleanup operations would receive line-of-duty sick leave at regular pay without using accrued sick leave, even if they worked for a different employer during those operations.
Current employees using sick leave for qualifying conditions
The bill would restore sick leave used for those conditions retroactive to the date of diagnosis.
Public authorities and municipal corporations with fewer than one million people
The state would reimburse their costs for line-of-duty sick leave granted under the bill.
New York State government
The state would provide the leave to eligible state employees and fund reimbursements to covered public authorities and municipal corporations.
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Sick Leave for 9/11 Responders
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History
- Signed chap.273
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.2174
- Substituted for S6398A
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.513
- Rules report cal.513
- Reported
Show 5 earlier actions
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 7901a
- Amend and recommit to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Sick Leave for 9/11 Responders
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Martin J. Golden
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7901--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 18, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to granting sick leave for officers and employees with a qualifying World Trade Center condition
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 92-d to read as follows:
§ 92-d. Sick leave for officers and employees with a qualifying World Trade Center condition. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, officers and employees of the state, a public authority or any municipal corporation outside of a city with a population of one million or more who filed a notice of participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations and subsequently develop a qualifying World Trade Center condition, as defined in section two of the retirement and social security law, while employed by the state, a public authority or such municipal corporation or public authority shall be granted line of duty sick leave commencing on the date that such employee was diagnosed with a qualifying World Trade Center condition regardless of whether such officer or employee was employed by his or her current employer at the time that such officer or employee participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations. The officer or employee shall be compensated at his or her regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the officer or employee is absent from work. Such leave shall be provided without loss of an officer or employee's accrued sick leave.
§ 2. The state shall reimburse any public authority or municipal corporation of less than one million people for the cost of any line duty sick leave granted pursuant to this act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that any officer or employee who is currently employed by the state, public authority or municipal corporation who has been diagnosed with a qualifying World Trade Center condition and is using sick leave due to such condition shall receive a restoration of such sick leave retroactive to the date such officer or employee was diagnosed with a qualifying World Trade Center condition.
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