| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4049
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R) 43rd Senate District
(D) 34th Senate District
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
(R) 39th Senate District
2025-S4049 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1066
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5, Vol Ffs Ben L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S8340, A8466
2025-S4049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4049
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation to
coverage for cancer screenings
PURPOSE:
Relates to coverage for cancer screenings for volunteer firefighters
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the volunteer firefighters' (q), which requires fire-
fighters to undergo a cancer screening upon entry into service to a and
annually thereafter, as determined by the law by adding a new paragraph
comprehensive, state-funded fire department or fire company Commissioner
of Health.
Section 2: Sets Effective Date.
2025-S4049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4049
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 31, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ASHBY, FERNANDEZ, GRIFFO, ROLISON, WEBB,
WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Local Government
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.
LBD03046-01-5
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