S 2681: Requires the superintendent of state police to develop, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid leave for any members directly involved in a critical incident; prohibits such superintendent from taking any punitive administrative action against any member of the division of state police granted critical incident leave solely on the basis of the provision of such leave.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2681 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the development of a critical incident policy for members of the division of state police The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-j 2 to read as follows: 3 § 214-j. Critical incident policy. 1. The superintendent shall devel- 4 op, maintain and disseminate to all members of the division of state 5 police a critical incident leave policy requiring critical incident paid 6 leave for any members of the division of state police directly involved 7 in a critical incident. 8 2. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the 9 following meanings: 10 (a) the term "critical incident" shall mean any action taken by a 11 member of the division of state police during the course of the perform- 12 ance of their official duties resulting in the serious physical injury 13 or death of another person; and 14 (b) the term "critical incident paid leave" shall mean paid leave of 15 thirty calendar days for any member of the division of state police 16 whose official actions were the direct and proximate cause of the seri- 17 ous physical injury or death of another person, and paid leave of 18 fifteen calendar days for any member of the division of state police 19 who, although directly involved in a critical incident, was not the 20 direct and proximate cause of the serious physical injury or death of 21 another person. 22 3. The superintendent shall be prohibited from taking any punitive 23 administrative action against any member of the division of state police 24 granted critical incident leave under this section solely on the basis 25 of the provision of such leave. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06346-01-5 
 S. 2681 2 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 2 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 3 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 4 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 5 completed on or before such effective date.