Authorizes Thomas Collins to file a request for change of benefit coverage with the New York state teachers' retirement system

Bill S 8190 is a special act that allows Thomas Collins, a retired member of the New York State Teachers' Retirement System, to change his chosen retirement benefit plan. Currently receiving the maximum individual benefit, he would be permitted to switch to a "one hundred percent survivor option" naming his wife, Sandra Collins, as beneficiary. This change would be retroactive to his retirement date of July 1, 2010, provided he files a request within one year of the bill becoming law. Mr. Collins would be responsible for any costs associated with this change and for repaying the difference in benefits received since 2010.