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S8147 • 2025

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Robert Jackson
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 Senate

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  2. 2026-04-15 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

  3. 2026-04-15 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 8147B

  4. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

  5. 2025-06-09 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

  6. 2025-06-09 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 8147A

  7. 2025-05-15 Senate

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Official Summary Text

Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents
Provides for a heart disease presumption for certain New York police department traffic enforcement agents.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8147

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
          providing  a  heart  disease  presumption  for certain New York police
          department traffic enforcement agents

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
     2  a new section 607-i to read as follows:
     3    §  607-I.  DISABILITIES;  HEALTH  PRESUMPTION.  A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
     4  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR  ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE
     5  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  BUT  EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE WORKERS' COMPEN-
     6  SATION LAW AND THE LABOR LAW, ANY  CONDITION  OF  IMPAIRMENT  OF  HEALTH
     7  CAUSED BY DISEASES OF THE HEART RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY
     8  OR  DEATH  TO  A  MEMBER  IN  THE  EMPLOY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK POLICE
     9  DEPARTMENT IN THE TITLES OF  TRAFFIC  ENFORCEMENT  AGENT  I  OR  TRAFFIC
    10  ENFORCEMENT  AGENT  II, WHERE SUCH MEMBER SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A PHYSICAL
    11  EXAMINATION ON ENTRY INTO THE SERVICE OF SUCH DEPARTMENT, WHICH EXAMINA-
    12  TION FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION, SHALL BE  PRESUMP-
    13  TIVE  EVIDENCE  THAT IT WAS INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE AND DISCHARGE OF
    14  DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVED BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
    15    B. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL,  SPECIAL,  OR  LOCAL
    16  LAW OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER EMPLOYED BY THE
    17  CITY  OF  NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT I OR
    18  TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENT II WHO SHALL BE RETIRED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
    19  SION  A  OF THIS SECTION SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION EQUAL TO THREE-QUARTERS
    20  OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
    21    §  2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing   the
    22  provisions of this act shall be borne by the city of New York.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10780-02-5
        S. 8147                             2

     1    § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the
     2  provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
     3  of section twenty-five of this chapter.
     4    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.