This bill requires most large employer-sponsored health insurance plans in New York to cover acupuncture services when prescribed by a qualified healthcare provider. Specifically, it mandates that plans covering physician office services or major medical coverage must include acupuncture treatment (as defined by law) without denying coverage based on the provider's scope of practice. Plans may still apply standard cost-sharing rules like deductibles, co-pays, or benefit limits for these services. The law directly affects health insurers and employers offering large group health plans, effective 90 days after enactment.
Provides a performance of duty presumption for diseases of the heart for members who serve as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance medical coordinator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member who performs ambulance medical technician related services, or a police medic, police medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who performs police medic or police emergency ambulance related services and is employed in the Nassau county police department.
Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide new e-bikes at reduced or no cost in exchange for used unsafe e-bikes to certain delivery service workers; provides eligibility requirements to receive a reduced or no-cost e-bike under such program; requires e-bikes provided pursuant to such program be certified for compliance with certain safety standards; requires NYSERDA to collaborate with relevant agencies to inform eligible individuals about such program; and requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.
This bill requires all professionals who apply fire-resistant materials (such as spray-on protective coatings for building structures) to complete state-approved training and obtain certification. The state fire administrator must create a training program with specific course requirements and certification standards, and applicators must complete this before working. Untrained individuals applying these materials face fines of up to $250 per violation. The bill directly affects construction workers, contractors, and fire safety professionals who install fire-resistant coatings.
Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD by making their injury compensable if it cannot be shown, by a preponderance of evidence, that the PTSD was caused by factors unrelated to their occupation.
This bill, S 6411, restores the eligibility for a 20-year service retirement for certain New York City corrections officers who are members of the uniformed correction revised plan. It amends current law to define their normal retirement age as completing 20 years of service, reducing it from 22 years. This change allows these officers to receive their full normal service retirement benefits after 20 years of service, regardless of age, rather than an early retirement benefit.
Provides that the owner of a hazard vehicle service or of a taxicab, livery, bus, coach, limousine, van or wheelchair accessible van service, who has permitted an employee to operate such a vehicle when such employee has not been issued a valid state driver's license or whose license has been suspended or revoked shall have their business license suspended for thirty days.
This bill protects retirees whose pension benefits are transferred from ERISA-protected plans to insurance company annuities. It requires insurers to provide clear disclosures to retirees about losing federal ERISA and PBGC protections, including annual updates on plan funding and investment performance. Insurers must also verify financial strength (400% risk-based capital) before transferring these contracts to another insurer. The law applies to all such pension de-risking transactions occurring after the effective date.
This bill establishes new retirement benefits for Westchester County correction officers. It provides two tiers: officers retiring after 25 years of service receive a pension equal to 50% of their final average salary, while those retiring after 30 years receive 60%. The bill also allows full credit for wartime service after World War I and sets early retirement calculations at 1/50th of final salary per year. The county of Westchester bears all implementation costs, and the changes apply immediately to all qualifying retirees.
This bill (C 241) terminates Executive Order 47.3, which had suspended certain laws to ban state employment for individuals separated from the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision due to participation in an "illegal and unlawful strike." The order prohibited state agencies from hiring or promoting such individuals and required background checks for applicants with that employment history. The resolution ends these temporary restrictions, restoring the original Civil Service Law and related provisions. It directly affects former Corrections employees who were separated from their positions over strike participation.
