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This bill increases the number of alternate physicians allowed on the New York City Employees' Retirement System medical board from four to seven.
Why it matters
Expanding the pool of alternate physicians could speed up disability retirement and medical review processes. for city employees, potentially reducing wait times for important benefits decisions.
The change could help the medical board handle higher caseloads or address physician shortages or unavailability. , ensuring that critical medical evaluations are not delayed due to lack of available doctors.
By increasing flexibility in board composition, the bill allows for more diverse medical expertise. on review panels, which could lead to more thorough and fair assessments in complex or specialized cases.
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Expand Alternate Physician Limit
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Allow More Alternate Physicians
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Martin J. Golden
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9555
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the medical board of the New York city employees' retirement system
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 13-123 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 59 of the city of New York for the year 1996, is amended to read as follows:
a. (1) There shall be a medical board of three physicians. One of such physicians shall be appointed by the board and shall hold office at the pleasure of such board, one shall be appointed by the commissioner of health and shall hold office at the pleasure of such commissioner, and the third shall be appointed by the commissioner of citywide administrative services and shall hold office at the pleasure of such commissioner.
(2) The board, the commissioner of health and the commissioner of citywide administrative services shall each have power to appoint one or more but not exceeding [four] seven alternate physicians, who shall hold office at the pleasure of such appointing board or official. Whenever the board of trustees of the retirement system shall so direct, the functions, powers and duties of the medical board, in addition to being performed and exercised by the three physicians appointed pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision, shall be performed and exercised by one or more groups of three physicians as hereinafter prescribed. Each such group of three physicians shall function separately as the medical board and each such group may consist partly of a physician or physicians appointed pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision and partly of one or more alternate physicians or may consist entirely of alternate physicians; provided, however, that one of the physicians or alternate physicians in each such group shall be appointed by the board, one by the commissioner of health and one by the commissioner of citywide administrative services.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13910-01-7
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