Senate Bill S6024

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the state to provide reimbursement of certain costs and benefits incurred as a result of an injury occurring during a mutual aid call

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee


  • 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-S6024 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7427
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10, Work Comp L; amd §30, Vol Ffs Ben L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1009, A283
2023-2024: A850

2019-S6024 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state to provide reimbursement of certain costs and benefits incurred as a result of an injury occurring during a mutual aid call.

2019-S6024 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6024 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6024
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law and  the  volunteer  fire-
   fighters'  benefit  law, in relation to requiring the state to provide
   reimbursement of certain costs and benefits incurred as a result of an
   injury occurring during a mutual aid call
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4 of section 10 of the workers' compensation
 law is renumbered subdivision 5 and a new subdivision 4 is added to read
 as follows:
   4. IF A PAID FIREFIGHTER OR PAID FIRE TRUCK DRIVER IN  THE  COURSE  OF
 RESPONDING  TO  A  MUTUAL AID CALL SUFFERS AN INJURY CAUSALLY RELATED TO
 SUCH MUTUAL AID CALL AND INCURS COSTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT,  LOST  TIME
 FROM  HIS  OR  HER  POSITION, REDUCED EARNINGS OR ANY OTHER COST PAYABLE
 UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE STATE SHALL REIMBURSE THE MUNICIPALITY EMPLOYING
 THE FIREFIGHTER OR FIRE TRUCK DRIVER FOR ALL SUCH COSTS.   IN  ADDITION,
 SHOULD  A  MUNICIPALITY  INCUR  OVERTIME COSTS DUE TO A MUTUAL AID CALL,
 WHETHER OR NOT AN INJURY OCCURS, THE STATE SHALL REIMBURSE  THE  MUNICI-
 PALITY  FOR  SUCH OVERTIME COSTS.   REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL NOT EXCEED THE ACTUAL COST INCURRED. EACH MUNICIPALITY THAT  SEEKS
 REIMBURSEMENT  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SUBMIT ITS CLAIMS FOR
 REIMBURSEMENT ON FORMS APPROVED BY AND  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONERS.
   §  2. Section 30 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. IF A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN THE COURSE OF RESPONDING TO A MUTUAL
 AID CALL SUFFERS AN INJURY CAUSALLY RELATED TO SUCH MUTUAL AID CALL  AND
 INCURS  COSTS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, LOST TIME FROM HIS OR HER POSITION,
 LOSS OF EARNINGS OR ANY OTHER COST PAYABLE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE STATE
 SHALL REIMBURSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE FIREFIGHTER VOLUNTEERS WITH  FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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