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Assembly Bill A9655

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a presumption for Parkinson's disease

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2025-A9655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8376
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-d, Vol Ffs Ben L

2025-A9655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that where any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's disease, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a volunteer firefighter, where such volunteer firefighter successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive evidence that such disability or death was caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by such firefighter's own negligence; and was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence.

2025-A9655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9655
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation  to
   a presumption for Parkinson's disease; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The volunteer  firefighters'  benefit  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 11-d to read as follows:
   §  11-D.  VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS; PRESUMPTION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL
 OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER,  ANY
 CONDITION OF IMPAIRMENT OF HEALTH CAUSED BY PARKINSON'S DISEASE, RESULT-
 ING  IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY OR DEATH TO A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER,
 WHERE SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A PHYSICAL EXAMINA-
 TION ON ENTRY INTO SUCH SERVICE OR SUBSEQUENT THERETO, WHICH EXAMINATION
 FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH CONDITION,  SHALL  BE  PRESUMPTIVE
 EVIDENCE THAT SUCH DISABILITY OR DEATH (A) WAS CAUSED BY THE NATURAL AND
 PROXIMATE  RESULT  OF  AN ACCIDENT, NOT CAUSED BY SUCH FIREFIGHTER'S OWN
 NEGLIGENCE, AND (B) WAS INCURRED IN THE  PERFORMANCE  AND  DISCHARGE  OF
 DUTY, UNLESS THE CONTRARY BE PROVEN BY COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2030.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08847-01-5

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