Relates to retirement benefits for certain employees

Latest action Feb 10, 2026

Relates to the election of retirement benefits for certain members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system who are employed by the office of mental health.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A8370, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Retirement and Social Security Law.

Committee

Civil Service And Pensions · New York State Senate

Also referred to Governmental Employees · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This legislation will allow certain individuals employed at OMH to file an election to change their retirement election during a prescribed period of time.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Civil Service And Pensions
Senate Civil Service And PensionsFeb 10, 2026Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Civil Service And Pensions
Senate Civil Service And PensionsMay 13, 2025Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Michael Cashman

Democratic1

Michael Cashman

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Robert Jackson says this is needed

Currently, Security Hospital Treatment Assistants ("SHTAs") employed by OMH have one year from the date of employment commencement to elect coverage under either a traditional age-based retirement plan, or cover- age, under the service-based 25-year retirement plan codified in § 89 of the Retirement and Social Security Law. This legislation will create a temporary window for these individuals to change their election. Unfor- tunately, through no fault of their own, many of the individuals employed as the. SHTAs are currently enrolled in the incorrect retire- ment plan. For example, some individuals who already have a significant amount of civil service credit unrelated to the SHTA title and are approaching 55 years of age, find. themselves in the 89 plan referenced above since they were never given an opportunity to choose between plans when they were first employed. Similarly, younger individuals inadvert- ently enrolled in the traditional age-based retirement plan when they should have opted for the 25-year service-based plan. This legislation would open a very short window for these individuals to reassess and address any issues they may have with their current retire- ment election.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Feb 10, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 15, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Governmental Employees
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly
Jan 12, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Civil Service and Pensions
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly

Show full history (3 earlier events)

May 13, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly
May 13, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
May 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
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Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Nov 3, 2026. About our data

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