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Assembly Bill A8466A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to coverage for cancer screenings

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2023-A8466 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8340
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Vol Ffs Ben L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1066, S4049

2023-A8466 - Summary

Relates to requiring coverage for volunteer firefighters for full cancer screenings upon entry of service to a fire department or fire company and annually thereafter; provides that the costs of such screenings shall be covered by the state.

2023-A8466 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8466
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation  to
   coverage for cancer screenings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 5 of the  volunteer  firefighters'
 benefit law is amended by adding a new paragraph q to read as follows:
   Q.  WHILE,  WITHIN  THE  STATE, UNDERGOING A FULL CANCER SCREENING, AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, UPON ENTRY  OF  SERVICE  TO  A
 FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13444-01-3

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2023-A8466A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8340
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Vol Ffs Ben L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1066, S4049

2023-A8466A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring coverage for volunteer firefighters for full cancer screenings upon entry of service to a fire department or fire company and annually thereafter; provides that the costs of such screenings shall be covered by the state.

2023-A8466A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8466--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, SAYEGH, GUNTHER, SEAWRIGHT, SANTA-
   BARBARA, BURDICK, EACHUS, SILLITTI,  SHIMSKY,  BLUMENCRANZ,  FLOOD  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Local Governments in accordance with Assem-
   bly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
   and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation to
   coverage for cancer screenings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 5 of the volunteer firefighters'
 benefit law is amended by adding a new paragraph q to read as follows:
   Q. WHILE, WITHIN THE STATE, UNDERGOING A  FULL  CANCER  SCREENING,  AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF HEALTH, UPON ENTRY OF SERVICE TO A
 FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.  THE  COSTS  OF
 SUCH FULL CANCER SCREENINGS SHALL BE BORNE ENTIRELY BY THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13444-06-4

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