Assembly Bill A9065

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to proof of eligibility for volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefits; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A9065 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6962
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §205-cc sub 8, amd §205-cc, Gen Muni L (as proposed in S.4173-A & A.5957-A)

2019-A9065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to proof of eligibility for volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefits.

2019-A9065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9065
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  proof  of
   eligibility for volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability bene-
   fits;  and  to  repeal certain provisions of the general municipal law
   relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph a of subdivision 1
 of section 205-cc of the general  municipal  law,  subparagraph  (i)  as
 added  by  chapter  334  of  the  laws  of 2017 and subparagraph (ii) as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the general  municipal
 law  relating to proof of eligibility for volunteer firefighter enhanced
 cancer disability benefits, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.
 4173-A and A. 5957-A, are amended to read as follows:
   (i)  A volunteer firefighter having five or more years of faithful and
 actual service in the protection of life and property from fire  in  the
 interior  of  buildings [and] SUBSEQUENT TO having successfully passed a
 physical examination [on entry to the firefighter service,] which [exam-
 ination] failed to reveal any evidence of cancers as  defined  in  para-
 graph b of this subdivision; and
   (ii)  Having  submitted  proof  of five years of interior firefighting
 service by providing verification that he or she  has  passed  at  least
 five yearly certified mask fitting tests as set forth in 29 CFR 1910.134
 or  the  applicable  National  Fire Protection Association standards for
 mask fit testing OR, FOR FIREFIGHTERS WHO ENTERED THE FIRE SERVICE PRIOR
 TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, DOCUMENTATION IDENTIFIED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMUL-
 GATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION WHICH SHALL INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, TRAINING OR CERTIFICATION  RECORDS,  HEALTH  CARE
 PROVIDER  RECORDS,  INTERNAL FIRE DEPARTMENT RECORDS, OR ANY COMBINATION
 OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS CAPABLE OF EVIDENCING THAT THE  FIREFIGHTER  MEETS
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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