NY Civ Serv L § 154-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions 154-C - Managerial or Confidential Survivor's Benefit; Special Education Fund.

§ 154-c. Managerial   or   confidential  survivor's  benefit;  special   education fund. 1. The term "managerial  or  confidential  employee"  as   used  in  this section shall mean a full-time employee or officer in the   executive branch of the state whose position is designated managerial or   confidential pursuant to article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  civilian   state  employees  of  the  division of military and naval affairs in the   executive department whose positions are not in, or  are  excluded  from   representation  rights in, any recognized or certified negotiating unit,   officers and employees excluded from representation rights under article   fourteen of this chapter pursuant to rules and regulations of the public   employment relations board, officers and employees  whose  salaries  are   prescribed  by  section  nineteen  of  the  correction law, officers and   employees  whose  salaries  are  provided  for  by  paragraph   (a)   of   subdivision one of section two hundred fifteen of the executive law, and   employees  in  positions  in  the  professional  service  in  the  state   university which are designated, stipulated or excluded from negotiating   units as managerial or  confidential  as  defined  pursuant  to  article   fourteen of this chapter.2.  Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,   a survivor's benefit for a managerial or confidential employee shall  be   paid  in  an  amount  of  fifty  thousand dollars in the event that such   employee dies subsequent to April first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-five,   as  the  result  of an accidental on-the-job injury or disease, provided   that it is finally determined by  the  appropriate  federal  authorities   that  a public safety officer's death benefit is not payable pursuant to   sections three thousand seven hundred ninety-six through three  thousand   seven  hundred ninety-six-c of title forty-two of the United States code   and provided further that a  death  benefit  is  paid  pursuant  to  the   workers'  compensation law. Such survivor's benefit shall be paid to the   employee's surviving spouse and children in the same proportion  as  the   death benefit provided by the workers' compensation law is paid. For the   purposes  of  this section, the employee's surviving spouse and children   shall be the persons designated as such  by  the  workers'  compensation   board.  In  the  event  that the employee is not survived by a spouse or   children, the survivor's benefit shall be paid  to  the  estate  of  the   employee.  Such  survivor's  benefit  shall be in addition to and not in   place of any other survivor's or death benefit payable on behalf of such   employee, except that such benefit shall not  be  payable  if  a  public   safety  officer's  death  benefit  is payable pursuant to sections three   thousand seven hundred ninety-six through three thousand  seven  hundred   ninety-six-c of the United States code.3.  Notwithstanding  any  law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the   state shall provide the child or children of such employees for  whom  a   survivor's  benefit is paid pursuant to subdivision one of this section,   with full tuition up to the amount charged by the state  university,  to   attend  any accredited college or university within this state provided,   however, such child or children meet the entrance requirements  of  such   college  or  university.    Such  child  or  children  are those who are   designated by the workers' compensation board to receive a death benefit   pursuant to the workers' compensation law.