NY State Senate Bill S1180

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 23, 2023	referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 13, 2023	advanced to third reading
Feb 08, 2023	2nd report cal.
Feb 07, 2023	1st report cal.302
Jan 10, 2023	referred to local government

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Feb 7, 2023 - Local Government committee Vote

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S1180 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3033
Law Section:: Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4 & 5, Chap 668 of 1977
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A6784
2019-2020: S5418, A563
2021-2022: S2972, A7336

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes provisions permanent relating to disability due to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1180

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 668 of the laws of 1977, amending the volunteer
firefighters' benefit law, relating to disability due to disease or
malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries, in relation to making
such provisions permanent

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to make permanent the long-standing
law governing disability determinations for volunteer firefighters due
to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 removes the sunset clause in the Volunteer Firefighter Benefit
Law that governs disability resulting from coronary artery disease.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 1977, the Legislature found that volunteer firefighters too often
suffered injuries or deaths resulting from heart attacks suffered in the
line of duty. The Legislature also found that claims of injuries from
heart attacks were often subjected to lengthy delays. As a result, the
Legislature established specific procedures to expedite the handling of
such claims. This legislation makes permanent the provisions relating to
disability due to heart disease which are scheduled to expire on June
30, 2025.

Section 61 of the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law requires that a
claim for benefits must be paid unless shown by substantial evidence to
the contrary that the duties and activities of the volunteer firefighter
did not cause the heart disease or malfunction. Started in 1979, Section
4 of Chapter 668 of the Laws of 1977 was consistently amended to extend
the expiration date for only two years. In 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020,
the expiration date was extended by five years. This section, due to
expire on June 30, 2025 offers assistance to those volunteers who suffer
heart related conditions resulting in the performance of their duties.
It is high time that, after 46 years, this section of law be made perma-
nent.

Our volunteer firefighters provide an invaluable service to New York
State and our individual communities. Accordingly, it simply makes sense
to prevent unnecessary worry on the part of volunteer firefighters and
their families as to whether or not they will receive their benefits.
Therefore, we owe it to our volunteer firefighters and their families to
make this section of law permanent.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S2972 - Passed Senate

2019-2020: S5418/A563 - Died in Local Government

2017-2018: A6784 - Died in Local Government

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1180
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 668 of the laws of 1977, amending the  volunteer
   firefighters'  benefit  law,  relating to disability due to disease or
   malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries, in relation  to  making
   such provisions permanent
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 4 and 5 of chapter 668 of the laws of 1977, amend-
 ing the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to disability  due
 to  disease  or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries, section 4
 as amended by section 1 of item CC of subpart B of part XXX  of  chapter
 58 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  [The provisions of section two of this act shall remain in full
 force and effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, 2025.
   § 5.] This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  July  next
 succeeding  the  date  on which it shall have become a law, or if signed
 after the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, shall  take
 effect immediately, and shall apply only in cases where the injury caus-
 ing death or disability occurred on or after such date of taking effect.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04121-01-3

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Mar 23, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 23, 2023

Feb 7, 2023 - Local Government committee Vote

Local Government Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2023

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S1180 (ACTIVE) - Details

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S1180 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Pete Harckham

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Mar 23, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 23, 2023

Feb 7, 2023 - Local Government committee Vote

Local Government Committee Vote: Feb 7, 2023

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Pamela Helming

Mario R. Mattera

Rachel May

Steven D. Rhoads

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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