New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.
Relates to eligibility for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit.
Provides that a corrections officer who contracts COVID-19 while employed as a uniformed personnel in institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision and suffers a permanent disability or death shall be presumed to have contracted COVID-19 in the performance and discharge of duty and shall be eligible for a performance of duty disability retirement benefit.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-06 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |