Provides for retirement credit to emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians for a child care leave of absence

Latest action May 12, 2026

Provides for retirement credit to emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians for a child care leave of absence.

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Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
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New York State Senate

Same as A8942, 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 bill adds a new subdivision i of section six hundred nine of the Retirement and Social Security Law that would allow any EMT member (as defined in paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section four hundred forty- five-e and paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section six hundred four-e of the Retirement and Social Security Law) 1 to obtain retirement service credit for periods of unpaid child care leave provided the EMT member, (a) files a timely claim for such service credit with the pension fund, and (b) contributes to the pension fund an amount which the EMT member would have contributed if the EMT member had been actively working during the period of such child care leave, together with interest ther- eon. The bill limits to one year the amount of service credit an EMT member may receive for any period of child care leave.

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

Cosponsors

Phil Steck

Democratic1

Phil Steck

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Robert Jackson says this is needed

Emergency Medical Technicians and advanced emergency medical technician, including Paramedics, and their supervisors (together, "EMTs") perform some of the most important and difficult jobs on behalf of the citizens of New York City - responding to emergency calls to provide efficient and immediate care to the critically ill and injured, and transporting these patients to emergency care medical facilities. However, currently these hard working personnel must forgo receiving retirement service credit when they go on unpaid leave to care for their own family with regard to the birth or adoption of a child - as permitted by their collective bargaining agreement. Further, the lasting fmancial effects unpaid child care, especially on future retirement benefits, dispropor- tionately impacts female EMTs and paramedics. This bill would change that by affording EMT members the opportunity to obtain service credit for such periods of unpaid leave, and remediate retirement inequities arising out of unpaid child care leaves of absence.

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

May 12, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Governmental Employees
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly
May 11, 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
Jul 16, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
NY Assembly

Show full history (2 earlier events)

Jun 12, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Civil Service and Pensions
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate
May 15, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
NY Senate

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