S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7830
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 25, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the payment of costs for line of duty injuries of police
officers and firefighters
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions a and b of section 12-127 of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 806 of the laws
of 1986, are amended to read as follows:
a. Any member of the uniformed forces of the fire or police depart-
ments, INCLUDING ANY RETIRED MEMBER OF SUCH UNIFORMED FORCES, or any
person employed in the department of sanitation in the sanitation
service classification of the classified civil service who shall be
injured while actually employed in the discharge of police orders of his
or her superior officers in the police station, fire house or sanitation
section station, as the case may be, or as the result of illness tracea-
ble directly to the performance of police, fire or sanitation duty, as
the case may be, or any employee of the department of parks, general
services, ports and terminals or environmental protection or a person
employed by the police commissioner as a school crossing guard who shall
be injured while actually employed in the discharge of duty, shall be
received by any hospital for care and treatment when such facts are
certified to by the head of the department. Unless otherwise provided in
this section, such members shall be received by any hospital at the
usual ward patient rates. The bill for such care and treatment at such
rates, when certified by the superintendent or other person in charge of
such hospital and approved by the head of the department concerned,
shall be paid by the city.
b. Any member of the uniformed forces of the fire or police
department, INCLUDING ANY RETIRED MEMBER OF SUCH UNIFORMED FORCES, or
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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any person employed in the department of sanitation in the sanitation
service classification of the classified civil service or a person
employed by the police commissioner as a school crossing guard who,
while in the actual performance of duty, and by reason of the perform-
ance of such duty and without fault or misconduct on his or her part,
shall receive injuries to an extent which may endanger his or her life,
shall be received by any hospital for care and treatment, and shall be
afforded such medical or surgical care and hospitalization as may be
ordered by the chief medical officer of the respective departments in
conformity with the provisions of this section. Such medical officer
shall forthwith notify the comptroller of the care and hospitalization
so ordered. The rate charged for such care and hospitalization for such
member or such person shall not exceed the rate charged any person in
receipt of an income equal to the salary of such member or of such
person for the same accommodations. The comptroller and the heads of the
departments affected shall make necessary rules and regulations to carry
out the provisions of this section. Upon certification by the chief
medical officer of the department concerned, the bill for such care and
hospitalization, when certified by the superintendent or other person in
charge of the hospital and approved by the head of the department
concerned, shall be paid by the city.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.