RESOLUTION OF THE DUTCHESS COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE BILL NO. 8837 AND ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2535, AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN RELATION TO OPTIONAL DISABILITY COVERAGE FOR COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS

PUBLIC SAFETY RESOLUTION NO. 2026056 RE: RESOLUTION OF THE DUTCHESS COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE BILL NO. 8837 AND ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2535, AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN RELATION TO OPTIONAL DISABILITY COVERAGE FOR COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS. Legislators VALDÉS SMITH, ALEXANDER, ARNOFF, BRENDLI, DRAGO, KAUL, KEARNEY, LAWLER, REDL, RHODES and SHAH offer the following Resolution and move its adoption: WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 8837 and Assembly Bill No. 2535 have been introduced in the New York State Legislature, seeking to allow any county to opt-in and include county probation officers on the list of county employees who are eligible to receive through the collective bargaining process disability coverage equal to their full salary in the event that they are injured in the performance of their duties; and WHEREAS, probation officers’ duties involve them in virtually all phases of the criminal justice process, including investigations, presentencing, criminal supervision, treatment and other preventative corrective services; and WHEREAS, often, probation is relied upon more frequently as a viable alternative to incarceration or detention and probation officers find themselves performing many of the functions performed by their counterparts in the police and corrections services; and WHEREAS, probation officers are exposed daily to the risks and dangers involved in managing a potentially violent criminal population and they are regularly exposed to significant amounts of stress and aggravation, not to mention the possibility of bodily injury that may result from the performance of their duties; and WHEREAS, under the current law, probation officers are not eligible to receive comparable disability coverage for injuries they sustain in the performance of their duties; and WHEREAS, the legislation would allow for probation officers to receive equal treatment by permitting county employers and employee representatives to negotiate for this benefit through the collective bargaining process at their option with all costs to be incurred by the employer and/or employee, as determined through collective bargaining; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that We, the Dutchess County Legislature do support Senate Bill No. 8837 and Assembly Bill No. 2535 and urge the New York State Senate, Assembly and the Governor of the State of New York to enact such legislation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Dutchess County Legislature is hereby directed to send certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New PUBLIC SAFETY York, to all Senate and Assembly members whose districts include any or all of Dutchess County, New York, and to Timothy A. Davidian, Director of the Department of Probation. APPROVED Seen Serino Dora April 22, 2024 STATE OF NEW YORK sS: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS readio no i to cat at of undere and leak or the legitary orche oung Dust aver pea forgoing reduce with the gial. correct transcript of said original resolution and of the whole thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOR, I have hercunto set my hand and seal of said legislaure chis l day of Ap!! _ 2026. JULA SHIROISIT, CLERK OF THE LEGISLATURE FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT NO FISCAL IMPACT PROJECTED APPROPRIATION RESOLUTIONS (To be completed by requesting department) Total Current Year Cost $ Total Current Year Revenue $ and Source Source of County Funds (check one): • Existing Appropriations, Contingency, • Transfer of Existing Appropriations, Additional Appropriations, • Other (explain). Identify Line Items(s): Related Expenses: Nature/Reason: Amount $ Anticipated Savings to County: Net County Cost (this year): Over Five Years: Additional Comments/Explanation: maps for les Smit me on, me Dut.pdf STATE OF NEW YORK 2535 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2025 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, COLTON, WEPRIN, DiPIETRO, MCDONOUGH, BURDICK, SANTABARBARA, SLATER, SIMONE, LUNSFORD -- Multi-Sponsored by LUPARDO - - read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to optional disa- bility coverage for county probation officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal 2 law, as amended by section 55 of chapter 476 of the laws of amended to read as follows: 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of the sheriff's department of any county or any member of a police force 6 of any county, city of less than one million population, town or village, or of any district, agency, board, body or commission thereof, 8 or any LIRR police officer as defined in paragraph two of subdivision | 9 of section three hundred eighty-nine of the retirement and social secu- 10 rity law whose benefits are provided in and 11 pursuant to such section three hundred eighty-nine, or a detective-investigator or any other 12 investigator who is a police officer pursuant to the provisions of the 13 criminal procedure law employed in the office of a district attorney of 14 any county, or any corrections officer of the county of Erie department 15 of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical technician employed by 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 fire inspector, fire 18 marshal, or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in the county of fire marshal's office, or at the option of [thel any. county [of Nassau], any county probation officer [of the county of Nassau] who is injured in the performance of [his or her] their duties or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of [his or her] such duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [-] is old law to be omitted. LBD02524-01-5 the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company by which [he or she] such employee is employed the full amount of [his or her] salary or wages from such employer until [his or her] the disa- 4 5 6 7 bility arising therefrom has ceased, and, in addition such municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company shall be liable and hospital necessitated by reason of such injury or illness. Provided, however, and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the municipal or The authorities or any physician appointed for the purpose by the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company, as relevant, after a determination first been made that injury or sickness was incurred during, or resulted from, such performance of duty, may attend injured or sick police officer, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgical or other treatment, or for making inspections, and the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company, the case may be, shall not be liable for salary or wages payable to such police officer, or for the cost of medical treatment or hospital 18 care furnished after such date as such health authorities or physician 19 shall certify that such injured or sick police officer has recovered and 20 is physically able to perform [his or her] regular duties. Any injured or sick police officer who shall refuse to accept medical treatment or 22 hospital care or shall refuse to permit medical inspections as herein uth ori zed including examinations pursuant to subdivision two of this section, shall be deemed to have waived [his or her] their rights under this section in respect to expenses for medical treatment or hospital care rendered and for salary or wages payable after such refusal. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider of medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions 29 of this section shall not collect or attempt reimbursement 4 or su ch eatmen or such police officer, any such 31 advanced ambulance medical technician or any such detention officer. § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal law, amended by section 56 of chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of the sheriff's department of any county (hereinafter "police officer") or any member of a police force of any county, city of less than one million population, town or village, or of any district, agency, board, body or commission thereof, or detective-investigator 40 or any other investigator who is police officer pursuant to the 41 provisions of the criminal procedure law employed in the office of a 42 district attorney of any county, or any corrections officer of the coun- tv of Erie department of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical technician employed by the county of Nassau, or employed by the city of Yonkers, or any supervising fire inspector, fire inspector, fire marshal or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in the county of Nassau fire marshal's office, or at the option of [thel any. county [of Nassau], any county probation officer [of the county of Nassau] who is injured in the performance of [his or her] their duties or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of [his or her] such duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by the municipality by which [he or shel such employee is employed the full amount of [his or her] their regular salary or wages until [his or her] the disability arising therefrom has ceased, and, addition such municipality shall be liable for all medical treatment and 56 hospital care necessitated by reason of such injury or illness. A. 2535 1 Provided, however, and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the municipal health authorities or any physician appointed for the purpose the municipality, after a determination has first been 4 5 6 7 made that such injury or sickness was incurred during, or resulted from, such performance of duty, may attend any such injured or sick police officer, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgi- cal or other treatment, or for making inspections and the municipality shall not be liable for salary or wages payable to such police officer, or for the cost of medical treatment or hospital care furnished after 10 such date as such health authorities or physician shall certify that 11 such injured or sick police officer has recovered and is physically able 12 to perform [his or her] regular duties. Any injured or sick police 13 officer who shall refuse to accept medical treatment or hospital care or 14 shall refuse to permit medical inspections as herein authorized, includ- 15 ing examinations pursuant to subdivision two of this section, shall be 16 deemed to have waived [his or her] their rights under this section in 17 respect to expenses for medical treatment or hospital care rendered and 18 for salary or wages payable after such refusal. 19 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider of 20 medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions 21 of this section shall not collect or attempt to collect 22 for such treatment or care from any such police officer, a member of a 23 police force of any county, city, any such advanced ambulance medical 24 technician, any such detention officer or any such detective-investiga- 25 tor or any other such investigator who is a police officer pursuant to 26 the provisions of the criminal procedure law. 27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two 28 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as 29 chapter 628 of the laws of 1991 takes effect. STATE OF NEW YORK 8837 IN SENATE January 8, 2026 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to optional disa- bility coverage for county probation officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general amended by section 55 of chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of the sheriff's department of any county or any member of a police of any county, city of less than one million population, town or village, or of any district, agency, board, body or commission thereof, or any LIRR police officer as defined in paragraph two of subdivision a 9 of section three hundred eighty-nine of the retirement and social 10 rity law whose benefits are provided in and pursuant to such section three hundred eighty-nine, or a detective-investigator or any other 12 investigator who is a police officer pursuant to the provisions of the criminal procedure law employed in the office of a district attorney any county, or any corrections officer of the county of Erie department 15 of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical technician employed by the county of Nassau, or any detention officer employed by the city of 17 Yonkers, or any supervising fire inspector, fire inspector, fire or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in the county of 19 Nassau fire marshal's office, or at the option of [the] any county [of 20 N 22 23 24 25 Nassau], county probation officer [of the county of Nassat] who is injured in the performance of [his or her] their duties or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of [his or her] such duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company by which employee is employed the full amount of [his or her their regular salary or wages from such employer until [his or her] the disa- 27 bility arising therefrom has ceased, and, in addition such municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company shall be liable for all medical EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [-] is old law to be omitted. LBD02524-01-5 hospital care necessitated by reason of such injury or illness. Provided, however, and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the municipal or The Long Island Rail Road Company 4 5 6 7 authorities or any physician appointed for the purpose by the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company, as relevant, after a determination has first been made that such injury or sickness was incurred during, or resulted from, such performance of duty, may injured or sick police officer, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgical or other treatment, or for making inspections, and the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company, case may be, shall not be liable for salary or wages payable to such police officer, or for the cost of medical treatment furnished after such date as such health authorities or physician shall certify that such injured or sick police officer has recovered and 15 is physically able to perform [his or her] regular duties. Any injured sick police officer who shall refuse to accept medical treatment or 17 hospital care or shall refuse to permit medical inspections as herein 18 authorized, including examinations pursuant to subdivision two of this section, shall be deemed to have waived [his or her] their rights under this section in respect to expenses for medical treatment or hospital care rendered and for salary or wages payable after such refusal. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider medical treatment or hospital care furnished of this section shall not collect or attempt to collect for such treatment such police officer, advanced ambulance medical technician or any such detention officer. § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal law, amended by section 56 of chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of the sheriff's department of any county (hereinafter referred to as a "police officer") or any member of a police force of any county, city of 33 less than one million population, town or village, or of any district, agency, board, body or commission thereof, or detective-investigator any other investigator who is police officer pursuant to the provisions of the criminal procedure law employed in the office of a district attorney of any county, or any corrections officer of the coun- ty of Erie department of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical technician employed by the county of Nassau, or employed by the city of Yonkers, or any supervising fire inspector, fire inspector, fire marshal or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in the county of Nassau fire marshal's office, or at the option of [the] [of Nassau], any county. probation officer [of the county of Nassau] who is injured in the performance of [his or her] their duties 45 or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of [his or her] such duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by the municipality by which [he or shel such employee the full amount of [his or her] their regular salary or wages 49 until [his or her] the disability arising therefrom has ceased, and, addition such municipality shall be liable for all medical treatment and 51 hospital care necessitated by reason • or illness. Provided, however, and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of section, the municipal health authorities or any physician appointed for the purpose by the municipality, after a determination has first been 55 made that such injury or sickness was incurred during, or resulted from, such performance of duty, may attend any such injured or sick police S. 8837 1 2 officer, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgi- cal or other treatment, or for making inspections and the municipality shall not be liable for salary or wages payable to such police officer, 4 5 6 or for the cost of medical treatment or hospital care furnished after such date as such health authorities or physician such injured or sick police officer has recovered and is physically able perform [his or her] regular duties. Any injured or sick police officer who shall refuse to accept medical treatment or hospital care or 9 shall refuse to permit medical inspections as herein authorized, includ- 10 ing examinations pursuant to subdivision two of this section, 11 deemed to have waived [his or her] their rights under this section in 12 respect to expenses for medical treatment or hospital care rendered and 13 for salary or wages payable after such refusal. 14 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider of 15 medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions 16 of this section shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement 17 for such treatment or care from any such police officer, a member of 18 police force of any county, city, any such advanced ambulance medical 19 technician, any such detention officer or any such detective-investiga- 20 any other such investigator who is a police officer pursuant to 21 the provisions of the criminal procedure law. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two 23 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as 24 chapter 628 of the laws of 1991 takes effect. X X X X X X X X X X X 12 X 12 2026056 RESOLUTION OF THE DUTCHESS COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE BILL NO. 8837 AND ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2535, AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN RELATION TO OPTIONAL DISABILITY COVERAGE FOR COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS Roll Call Sheets District Last Name YES NO District 16 - Fishkill and Beacon Valdés Smith District 9 - City of Poughkeepsie Atkins District 20 - Red Hook, Tivoli, and Rhinebeck Munn District 3 - LaGrange Polasek District 12 - East Fishkill Metzger District 1 - Town of Poughkeepsie Redl District 2 - LaGrange, Pleasant Valley & Town of Poughkeepsie Arnoff District 4 - Hyde Park and Town of Poughkeepsie Lawler District 5 - Town of Poughkeepsie Shah District 6 - Town of Poughkeepsie Kaul District 7 - Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley Darrow District 8 - City and Town of Poughkeepsie Brendli District 10 - City of Poughkeepsie Johnson District 11 - Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Rhinebeck Kearney District 13 - East Fishkill and Wappinger Giles District 14 - Wappinger and Town of Poughkeepsie Winsby District 15 - Wappinger Faust District 17 - Town and Village of Fishkill McHoul District 18 - City of Beacon and Fishkill Rhodes District 19 - North East, Stanford, Pine Plains, Milan & Red Hook Drago District 21 - East Fishkill Caswell District 22 - Beekman and Union Vale Tresca District 23 - Pawling, Beekman and East Fishkill Rolison District 24 - Dover and Pawling House District 25 - Amenia, Washington, Pleasant Valley & Millbrook Alexander X X X X X ABSENT X X X X X X X X X X ABSENT X X X ABSENT X X X X 22 Present: ____ 3 Absent: ____ Vacant: ____ Resolution: ____ Motion: ____ 22 0 Total : ______ ______ Yes No Abstentions: ____ CONSENT AGENDA: RESOLUTIONS 2026043, 044, 045, 046, 047, 048, 049, 050, 052, 055, 056, 057, 059, 060, 061, 062, 063