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NY S 959

in committee

Establishes the disability benefits maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain disability benefits

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 959 pass?

Not yet. NY S 959 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

What is NY S 959 about?

Establishes the disability benefits maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain disability benefits; provides for the investing of any net savings realized by the program back into the New York state health insurance program for the purpose of eliminating or limiting the impact of any premium rate or other cost increases that would be the responsibility of an employee or retiree.

Who sponsors NY S 959?

Robert Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY S 959, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes the disability benefits maximization and assistance program to assist eligible state retirees in obtaining certain disability benefits; provides for the investing of any net savings realized by the program back into the New York state health insurance program for the purpose of eliminating or limiting the impact of any premium rate or other cost increases that would be the responsibility of an employee or retiree.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert Jacksonprimary
  • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.cosponsor
  • Kevin S. Parkercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-19

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-03-19

    PRINT NUMBER 959A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8871not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4990

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S959?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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