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                                   5432
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BAILEY, BORRELLO, FERNAN-
   DEZ, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD,  RHOADS,  ROLI-
   SON, STEC, TEDISCO, 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 and the volun-
   teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in  relation  to  increasing  the
   amount of certain benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 8 of the volunteer firefighters'  benefit  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  401  of  the  laws  of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of  total  disa-
 bility  adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter shall be paid
 [six] TWELVE hundred dollars for each week during the continuance there-
 of.  Permanent total disability, within the  meaning  of  this  section,
 shall  exist  only  if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter
 has been lost permanently and totally as the result of the  injury.  The
 loss  of  both  hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both
 eyes, or any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclusive  proof  to
 the  contrary,  constitute  permanent total disability, but in all other
 cases permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance  with
 the  facts.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions of this chapter, an
 injured volunteer firefighter disabled due to the loss or total loss  of
 use  of  both  eyes,  or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both
 legs, or any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such  weekly
 benefit by engaging in business or employment provided [his or her] SUCH
 VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTER'S  weekly  earnings  or wages, when combined with
 [his or her] SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER'S weekly benefit shall not be in
 excess of [eight] SIXTEEN hundred dollars; and further provided that the
 application of this section shall not result in  reduction  of  benefits
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 which  an  injured volunteer firefighter who is disabled due to the loss
 or total loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or  both
 feet,  or  both  legs, or any two thereof would otherwise be entitled to
 under any other provisions of this article.
   §  2. Section 9 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended
 by chapter 523 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 9. Temporary total disability benefits. In  the  case  of  temporary
 total  disability  the  volunteer  firefighter shall be paid one hundred
 twenty-five dollars  for  each  week  during  the  continuance  thereof;
 provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the
 line  of  duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight to
 December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, said  firefighter
 shall receive one hundred eighty dollars per week during the continuance
 thereof;  and  further  provided, that when the volunteer firefighter is
 injured in the line of duty on or after January first, nineteen  hundred
 seventy-nine  to  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred eighty-three, said
 firefighter shall receive two hundred fifteen dollars  per  week  during
 the  continuance  thereof; and further provided, that when the volunteer
 firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-three to June thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-
 four,  said firefighter shall receive two hundred fifty-five dollars per
 week during the continuance thereof; and further provided, that when the
 volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on  or  after  July
 first,  nineteen hundred eighty-four to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 eighty-five, said firefighter shall  receive  two  hundred  seventy-five
 dollars  per  week during the continuance thereof; and further provided,
 that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or
 after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five to June thirtieth,  nine-
 teen  hundred  ninety,  said  firefighter  shall  receive  three hundred
 dollars per week during the continuance thereof; and  further  provided,
 that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or
 after  July  first,  nineteen hundred ninety to June thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred ninety-one, said firefighter shall receive three  hundred  forty
 dollars  per  week during the continuance thereof; and further provided,
 that when a volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty  on  or
 after  July  first, nineteen hundred ninety-one to June thirtieth, nine-
 teen hundred ninety-two, said firefighter shall  receive  three  hundred
 fifty  dollars  per  week  during  the  continuance thereof; and further
 provided, that when a volunteer firefighter is injured in  the  line  of
 duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two to June thirti-
 eth,  two  thousand  twenty-one,  said  firefighter  shall  receive four
 hundred dollars per week during the  continuance  thereof;  and  further
 provided,  that  when  a volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of
 duty on or after July first, two thousand twenty-one TO JUNE  THIRTIETH,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,  said  firefighter shall receive six hundred
 fifty dollars per week  during  the  continuance  thereof;  AND  FURTHER
 PROVIDED,  THAT  WHEN  A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF
 DUTY ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, SUCH  FIREFIGHTER
 SHALL  RECEIVE  EIGHT  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  PER WEEK DURING THE CONTINUANCE
 THEREOF.   Temporary  total  disability,  within  the  meaning  of  this
 section, shall exist only if the earning capacity of the volunteer fire-
 fighter has been lost temporarily and totally as the result of the inju-
 ry. In case of temporary total disability and permanent partial disabil-
 ity  both  resulting  from  the  same  injury,  if  the  temporary total
 disability continues for a longer period than the number  of  weeks  set
 forth in the following schedule, the period of temporary total disabili-
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 ty  in  excess  of  such  number  of  weeks shall be added to the period
 provided in section ten of this article:  arm,  thirty-two  weeks;  leg,
 forty  weeks; hand, thirty-two weeks; foot, thirty-two weeks; ear, twen-
 ty-five  weeks;  eye,  twenty  weeks;  thumb,  twenty-four  weeks; first
 finger, eighteen weeks; great toe, twelve weeks; second  finger,  twelve
 weeks;  third finger, eight weeks; fourth finger, eight weeks; toe other
 than great toe, eight weeks. In any case resulting in  loss  or  partial
 loss  of  use  of  arm, leg, hand, foot, ear, eye, thumb, finger or toe,
 where the temporary total disability does not extend beyond the  periods
 above mentioned for such injury, benefits shall be limited to the sched-
 ule contained in section ten of this article.
   §  3.  Section 10 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, subdivi-
 sion 1 as amended by chapter 175 of the laws of 1962, the opening  para-
 graph  of  subdivision  1  as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 1991,
 paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 604 of the laws  of
 1989,  subdivision  (e)  of  subdivision  1 and subparagraphs 1 and 2 of
 paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 924 of the laws  of
 1990,  paragraph  (g)  of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 584 of the
 laws of 1974, the opening paragraph and subparagraph 4 of paragraph  (g)
 of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 476 of the laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 10. Permanent  partial disability benefits.  1. In the case of disa-
 bility partial in character, but permanent  in  quality,  the  volunteer
 firefighter  shall  be  paid  ninety-five  dollars for each week for the
 period specified in this subdivision, provided, however, that  when  the
 volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after January
 first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-eight  to  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred eighty-three, such payment shall be one hundred five dollars for
 each week, and further provided that when  a  volunteer  firefighter  is
 injured  in  the  line  of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three to and including June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  eighty-
 four,  such  payments  shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars for each
 week and provided further that when the volunteer firefighter is injured
 in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-four
 to and including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-five  such
 payments  shall  be  one  hundred  thirty-five dollars for each week and
 provided further that when the volunteer firefighter is injured  in  the
 line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five to and
 including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety such payments shall be
 one  hundred fifty dollars for each week, and provided further that when
 the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of  duty  on  or  after
 July  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety to and including June thirtieth,
 nineteen hundred ninety-one such payments shall be  two  hundred  eighty
 dollars  for  each  week,  and  provided further that when the volunteer
 firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nine-
 teen hundred  ninety-one  to  and  including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-two  such  payments shall be three hundred fifty dollars
 for each week, and provided further that when the volunteer  firefighter
 is  injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred
 ninety-two such payments shall be four hundred dollars  for  each  week,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED IN THE
 LINE  OF  DUTY  ON  OR  AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SUCH
 PAYMENT SHALL BE EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH WEEK as follows:
 
 (a) Loss of member.
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 Member lost ............................................ Number of weeks
 Arm ................................................................ 312
 Leg ................................................................ 288
 Hand ............................................................... 244
 Foot ............................................................... 205
 Eye ................................................................ 160
 Thumb ............................................................... 75
 First finger ........................................................ 46
 Great toe ........................................................... 38
 Second finger ....................................................... 30
 Third finger ........................................................ 25
 Toe other than great toe ............................................ 16
 Fourth finger ....................................................... 15
 
 If  more than one phalange of a digit shall be lost, the period shall be
 the same as for the loss of the entire digit. If only the first phalange
 shall be lost, the period shall be one-half the period for loss  of  the
 entire  digit. The period for loss or loss of use of two or more digits,
 or one or more phalanges of two or more digits, of a hand or  foot,  may
 be  proportioned  to  the period for the loss of use of the hand or foot
 occasioned thereby, but shall not exceed the period for the  loss  of  a
 hand  or foot. If an arm or leg shall be amputated at or above the wrist
 or ankle, the period for such loss shall be in proportion to the  period
 for  the loss of the arm or leg. In the case of loss of binocular vision
 or of eighty per centum or more of the vision  of  an  eye,  the  period
 shall be the same as for the loss of the eye.
   (b)  Loss  of hearing. In the case of the complete loss of the hearing
 of one ear, sixty weeks; for the loss  of  hearing  of  both  ears,  one
 hundred fifty weeks.
   (c) Total loss of use. In the case of permanent total loss of use of a
 member, the period shall be the same as for the loss of the member.
   (d)  Partial  loss or partial loss of use. Except as above provided in
 this subdivision, in the case of permanent partial loss or loss  of  use
 of  a  member, the period shall be for the proportionate loss or loss of
 use of the member.  Compensation for permanent partial loss of use of an
 eye shall be awarded on the basis  of  uncorrected  loss  of  vision  or
 corrected  loss  of  vision  resulting  from  an injury whichever is the
 greater.
   (e) Disfigurement. In the case of serious facial  or  head  disfigure-
 ment,  including a disfigurement continuous in length which is partly in
 the facial area and also extends into the neck region  as  described  in
 this  paragraph, the volunteer firefighter shall be paid in a lump sum a
 proper and equitable amount, which shall be determined by  the  workers'
 compensation board. If the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter
 shall have been impaired, or may in the future be impaired, by any seri-
 ous  disfigurement  in  the  region  above  the sterno clavicular artic-
 ulations anterior to and including  the  region  of  the  sterno  cleido
 mastoid  muscles on either side, the volunteer firefighter shall be paid
 in a lump sum a proper and equitable amount which shall be determined by
 such board. Two  or  more  serious  disfigurements,  not  continuous  in
 length,  resulting from the same injury, if partially in the facial area
 and partially in such neck region,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  facial
 disfigurement.  An award, or the aggregate of the awards, to a volunteer
 firefighter under this paragraph shall not exceed [twenty]  FORTY  thou-
 sand dollars.
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   (f)  Total  or partial loss or loss of use of more than one member. In
 any case in which there shall be a loss or loss of use of more than  one
 member  or parts of more than one member set forth above in paragraphs a
 to e, both inclusive, of this subdivision, but not amounting  to  perma-
 nent  total disability, the periods for loss or loss of use of each such
 member or part thereof shall run consecutively.
   (g) Other cases. In all other cases of  permanent  partial  disability
 the volunteer firefighter shall be paid for each week during the contin-
 uance thereof, as follows:
   1.  If  the percentage of loss of earning capacity is seventy-five per
 centum, or greater, [he or she] SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER shall be paid
 ninety-five dollars for each week,  provided,  however,  that  when  the
 volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after January
 first,  nineteen  hundred seventy-eight to and including June thirtieth,
 nineteen hundred eighty-three, such payment shall be  one  hundred  five
 dollars  for  each week provided, however, that when the volunteer fire-
 fighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,  nineteen
 hundred  eighty-three  to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 eighty-four, such payment shall be one hundred twenty-five  dollars  for
 each  week  provided,  however,  that  when the volunteer firefighter is
 injured in the line of duty on or after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-four  to  and  including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-
 five such payment shall be one  hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  each
 week,  provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured
 in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five
 to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  ninety  such  payment
 shall  be  one  hundred  fifty dollars for each week, provided, however,
 that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or
 after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to and including June  thirti-
 eth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-one  such  payment  shall be two hundred
 eighty dollars for each week, and provided further that when the  volun-
 teer  firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,
 nineteen hundred ninety-one to and including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred ninety-two such payment shall be three hundred fifty dollars for
 each  week,  and provided further that when the volunteer firefighter is
 injured in the line of duty on or after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred
 ninety-two  such  payment  shall  be four hundred dollars for each week;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED IN THE
 LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER MARCH  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  SUCH
 PAYMENT SHALL BE EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH WEEK;
   2.  If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is fifty per centum,
 or greater, but less than seventy-five per  centum,  [he  or  she]  SUCH
 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER shall be paid sixty-three dollars and thirty-three
 cents  for  each  week, provided, however, that when the volunteer fire-
 fighter is injured in the line of duty on or after January first,  nine-
 teen  hundred  seventy-eight  to  and including June thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred eighty-three, such payment shall be  seventy  dollars  for  each
 week,  provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured
 in the line of duty on or after July  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-
 three to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-four such
 payment  shall  be  eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents for each
 week, provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is  injured
 in  the  line  of  duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-
 four, to and including June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-five,
 such  payment  shall be ninety dollars for each week, provided, however,
 that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or
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 after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five  to  and  including  June
 thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety  such payment shall be one hundred
 dollars for each week, provided, however, that when the volunteer  fire-
 fighter  is injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen
 hundred ninety to and including June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  nine-
 ty-one  such  payment shall be one hundred eighty-six dollars and seven-
 ty-six cents for each week, provided, however, that when  the  volunteer
 firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nine-
 teen  hundred  ninety-one  to  and  including  June  thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred ninety-two such payment shall be two hundred thirty-four dollars
 and fifty cents for each week, provided, however, that when  the  volun-
 teer  firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,
 nineteen hundred ninety-two such payment shall  be  two  hundred  sixty-
 eight  dollars for each week, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THE VOLUNTEER
 FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,  SUCH  PAYMENT  SHALL  BE FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX
 DOLLARS FOR EACH WEEK;
   3. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity  is  twenty-five  per
 centum,  or greater, but less than fifty per centum, [he] SUCH VOLUNTEER
 FIREFIGHTER shall be paid [thirty] SIXTY dollars for each week;
   4. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is less than  twenty-
 five  per  centum,  [he  or she] SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER shall not be
 paid any weekly benefit.  Permanent partial disability, within the mean-
 ing of this paragraph, shall exist only if the earning capacity  of  the
 volunteer  firefighter  has  been  permanently and partially lost as the
 result of the injury. The workers' compensation  board  shall  determine
 the  degree of such disability and such board may reconsider such degree
 on its own motion or upon application of any party in interest.
   2. An award made to a claimant under this section  shall  in  case  of
 death  arising  from  causes other than the injury be payable to and for
 the benefit of the persons following:
   (a) If there be a surviving spouse and no child of the deceased  under
 the age of eighteen years, to such spouse.
   (b)  If there be a surviving spouse and surviving child or children of
 the deceased under the age of eighteen years, one-half shall be  payable
 to  the  surviving  spouse  and the other half to the surviving child or
 children.
   (c) If there be a surviving child or children of  the  deceased  under
 the  age  of eighteen years, but no surviving spouse, then to such child
 or children.
   (d) If there be no surviving spouse and no surviving child or children
 of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, then to such  dependent
 or  dependents  as defined in section seven of this chapter, as directed
 by the [workmen's] WORKERS' compensation board; and if there shall be no
 such dependents, then to the estate of such deceased in  an  amount  not
 exceeding  reasonable funeral expenses as provided in subdivision one of
 section seven of this chapter, or, if there be no estate, to the  person
 or persons paying the funeral expenses of such deceased in an amount not
 exceeding  reasonable  funeral  expenses as provided in such subdivision
 one.
   3. An award for disability may be made after the death of  the  volun-
 teer firefighter.
   §  4. Subdivision 1 of section 11 of the volunteer firefighters' bene-
 fit law, as amended by chapter 924 of the laws of 1990,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
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   1.  If  the percentage of loss of earning capacity is seventy-five per
 centum, or greater, [he or she] SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER shall be paid
 ninety-five dollars for each week,  provided,  however,  that  when  the
 volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after January
 first,  nineteen  hundred seventy-eight to and including June thirtieth,
 nineteen hundred eighty-three, such payment shall be  one  hundred  five
 dollars  for each week, provided, however, that when the volunteer fire-
 fighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,  nineteen
 hundred  eighty-three  to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 eighty-four, such payment shall be one hundred twenty-five  dollars  for
 each  week,  provided,  however,  that when the volunteer firefighter is
 injured in the line of duty on or after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-four  to  and  including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-
 five, such payment shall be one hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  each
 week,  provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured
 in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five
 to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  ninety  such  payment
 shall  be  one  hundred  fifty dollars for each week, provided, however,
 that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or
 after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to and including June  thirti-
 eth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-one  such  payment  shall be two hundred
 eighty dollars for each week, provided, however, that when the volunteer
 firefighter is injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nine-
 teen hundred  ninety-one  to  and  including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred ninety-two such payment shall be three hundred fifty dollars for
 each  week,  provided,  however,  that when the volunteer firefighter is
 injured in the line of duty on or after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred
 ninety-two  such  payment  shall  be four hundred dollars for each week;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED IN THE
 LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER MARCH  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  SUCH
 PAYMENT SHALL BE EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH WEEK;
   §  5.  Section  8  of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, as
 amended by chapter 401 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  8.  Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of total disa-
 bility adjudged to be permanent the volunteer ambulance worker shall  be
 paid  [six]  TWELVE hundred dollars for each week during the continuance
 thereof. Permanent total disability, within the meaning of this section,
 shall exist only if the earning  capacity  of  the  volunteer  ambulance
 worker  has been lost permanently and totally as the result of the inju-
 ry. The loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or
 both eyes, or any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclusive proof
 to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability, but in all other
 cases permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance  with
 the  facts.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions of this chapter, an
 injured volunteer ambulance worker disabled due to  the  loss  or  total
 loss  of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or
 both legs, or any two thereof shall not suffer any  diminution  of  such
 weekly  benefit  by  engaging in business or employment provided [his or
 her] SUCH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER'S weekly earnings  or  wages,  when
 combined  with  [his]  SUCH  VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER'S weekly benefit
 shall not be in excess of [eight] SIXTEEN hundred dollars;  and  further
 provided  that  the  application  of  this  section  shall not result in
 reduction of benefits which an injured volunteer ambulance worker who is
 disabled due to the loss or total loss of use  of  both  eyes,  or  both
 hands,  or  both  arms,  or  both feet, or both legs, or any two thereof
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 would otherwise be entitled to under any other provisions of this  arti-
 cle.
   §  6.  Section  9  of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, as
 amended by chapter 523 of the laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 9. Temporary  total  disability  benefits.  In the case of temporary
 total disability the volunteer ambulance  worker  shall  be  paid  three
 hundred  dollars for each week during the continuance thereof; provided,
 however, that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line
 of duty on or after the effective date of this chapter to  June  thirti-
 eth,  nineteen hundred ninety; further provided, that when the volunteer
 ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty on or after July  first,
 nineteen  hundred ninety to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-one,
 said ambulance worker shall receive three hundred forty dollars per week
 during the continuance thereof, and further provided, that when a volun-
 teer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty on  or  after  July
 first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-one to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 ninety-two, said ambulance worker  shall  receive  three  hundred  fifty
 dollars  per  week during the continuance thereof; provided further that
 when a volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty  on  or
 after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-two to June thirtieth, two
 thousand twenty-one, such ambulance worker shall be  paid  four  hundred
 dollars  for  each week during the continuance thereof; provided further
 that when a volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty on
 or after July first, two thousand  twenty-one  TO  JUNE  THIRTIETH,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  such  ambulance  worker shall be paid six hundred
 fifty dollars for each week during  the  continuance  thereof;  PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT WHEN A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF
 DUTY  ON  OR  AFTER  JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SUCH AMBULANCE
 WORKER SHALL BE PAID EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  WEEK  DURING  THE
 CONTINUANCE  THEREOF.  Temporary total disability, within the meaning of
 this section, shall exist only if the earning capacity of the  volunteer
 ambulance  worker has been lost temporarily and totally as the result of
 the injury. In case of temporary total disability and permanent  partial
 disability  both  resulting from the same injury, if the temporary total
 disability continues for a longer period than the number  of  weeks  set
 forth in the following schedule, the period of temporary total disabili-
 ty  in  excess  of  such  number  of  weeks shall be added to the period
 provided in section ten of this chapter:  arm,  thirty-two  weeks;  leg,
 forty  weeks; hand, thirty-two weeks; foot, thirty-two weeks; ear, twen-
 ty-five weeks;  eye,  twenty  weeks;  thumb,  twenty-four  weeks;  first
 finger,  eighteen  weeks; great toe, twelve weeks; second finger, twelve
 weeks; third finger, eight weeks, fourth finger, eight weeks; toe  other
 than  great  toe,  eight weeks. In any case resulting in loss or partial
 loss of use of arm, leg, hand, foot, ear, eye,  thumb,  finger  or  toe,
 where  the temporary total disability does not extend beyond the periods
 above mentioned for such injury, benefits shall be limited to the sched-
 ule contained in section ten of this chapter.
   § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 10 of the volunteer  ambulance  workers'
 benefit  law, as amended by chapter 604 of the laws of 1989, the opening
 paragraph as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 1991, paragraph e  and
 subparagraphs  1  and  2 of paragraph g as amended by chapter 924 of the
 laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   1. In the case of disability partial in character,  but  permanent  in
 quality,  the  volunteer  ambulance  worker, injured in the line of duty
 shall be paid one hundred fifty dollars for each  week  for  the  period
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 specified  in  this subdivision, provided, however, that when the volun-
 teer ambulance worker is injured in the line of duty  on  or  after  the
 effective date of this chapter to and including June thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred  ninety,  and provided further that when the volunteer ambulance
 worker is injured in the line of duty on or after July  first,  nineteen
 hundred  ninety  to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred nine-
 ty-one such payments shall be two hundred eighty dollars for each  week,
 and provided further that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured
 in  the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one
 to and  including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two  such
 payments  shall  be  three  hundred  fifty  dollars  for  each week; and
 provided further that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured  in
 the  line  of  duty  on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two
 such payments shall be four hundred  dollars  for  each  week;  PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT WHEN A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF
 DUTY  ON  OR  AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SUCH AMBULANCE
 WORKER SHALL BE PAID EIGHT HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR  EACH  WEEK as follows:
   a. Loss of member.
   Member lost                                          Number of weeks
   Arm  ........................................................  312
   Leg  ........................................................  288
   Hand  .......................................................  244
   Foot  .......................................................  205
   Eye  ........................................................  160
   Thumb  ......................................................   75
   First finger  ...............................................   46
   Great toe  ..................................................   38
   Second finger  ..............................................   30
   Third finger  ...............................................   25
   Toe other than great toe  ...................................   16
   Fourth finger  ..............................................   15
 If more than one phalange of a digit shall be lost, the period shall  be
 the same as for the loss of the entire digit. If only the first phalange
 shall  be  lost, the period shall be one-half the period for loss of the
 entire digit. The period for loss or loss of use of two or more  digits,
 or  one  or more phalanges of two or more digits, of a hand or foot, may
 be proportioned to the period for the loss of use of the  hand  or  foot
 occasioned  thereby,  but  shall not exceed the period for the loss of a
 hand or foot. If an arm or leg shall be amputated at or above the  wrist
 or  ankle, the period for such loss shall be in proportion to the period
 for the loss of the arm or leg. In the case of loss of binocular  vision
 or  of  eighty  per  centum  or more of the vision of an eye, the period
 shall be the same as for the loss of the eye.
   b. Loss of hearing. In the case of the complete loss of the hearing of
 one ear, sixty weeks; for the loss of hearing of both ears, one  hundred
 fifty weeks.
   c.  Total loss of use. In the case of permanent total loss of use of a
 member, the compensation shall be the  same  as  for  the  loss  of  the
 member.
   d.  Partial  loss  or partial loss of use. Except as above provided in
 this subdivision, in the case of permanent partial loss or loss  of  use
 of  a  member, the period shall be for the proportionate loss or loss of
 use of the member. Compensation for permanent partial loss of use of  an
 eye  shall  be  awarded  on  the  basis of uncorrected loss of vision or
 corrected loss of vision resulting from an injury which ever is greater.
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   e. Disfigurement. In the case of serious facial or head disfigurement,
 including a disfigurement continuous in length which is  partly  in  the
 facial  area  and also extends into the neck region as described in this
 paragraph, the volunteer ambulance worker shall be paid in a lump sum  a
 proper  and  equitable amount, which shall be determined by the workers'
 compensation board. If the earning capacity of the  volunteer  ambulance
 worker  shall  have  been impaired, or may in the future be impaired, by
 any serious disfigurement in the  region  above  the  sterno  clavicular
 articulations  anterior to and including the region of the sterno cleido
 mastoid muscles on either side, the volunteer ambulance worker shall  be
 paid  in  a lump sum a proper and equitable amount which shall be deter-
 mined by such board. Two or more serious disfigurements, not  continuous
 in  length,  resulting  from the same injury, if partially in the facial
 area and partially in such neck region, shall be deemed to be  a  facial
 disfigurement.  An award, or the aggregate of the awards, to a volunteer
 ambulance worker under this paragraph shall not  exceed  [twenty]  FORTY
 thousand dollars.
   f.  Total  or  partial loss or loss of use of more than one member. In
 any case in which there shall be a loss or loss of use of more than  one
 member  or parts of more than one member set forth above in paragraphs a
 to e, both inclusive, of this subdivision, but not amounting  to  perma-
 nent  total disability, the periods for loss or loss of use of each such
 member or part thereof shall run consecutively.
   g. Other cases. In all other cases of permanent partial disability the
 volunteer ambulance worker shall be  paid  for  each  week,  during  the
 continuance thereof, as follows:
   (1)  If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is seventy-five per
 centum, or greater, [he or she] SUCH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER shall be
 paid one hundred fifty dollars for each week,  provided,  however,  that
 the  volunteer  ambulance  worker  is  injured in the line of duty on or
 after the effective date of this chapter to and including  June  thirti-
 eth, nineteen hundred ninety, provided, however, that when the volunteer
 ambulance  worker is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,
 nineteen hundred  ninety  to  and  including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred  ninety-one such payment shall be two hundred eighty dollars for
 each week, and provided further that when the volunteer ambulance worker
 is injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen  hundred
 ninety-one  to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two
 such payment shall be three hundred fifty dollars  for  each  week;  and
 provided  further that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured in
 the line of duty on or after July  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two
 such  payments  shall  be  four  hundred dollars for each week; PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT WHEN A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF
 DUTY  ON OR AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE  SUCH  AMBULANCE
 WORKER  SHALL  BE  PAID  EIGHT  HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH WEEK DURING THE
 CONTINUANCE THEREOF.
   (2) If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is fifty per centum,
 or greater, but less than seventy-five per  centum,  [he  or  she]  SUCH
 VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKER  shall be paid one hundred dollars for each
 week, provided, however, that the volunteer ambulance worker is  injured
 in  the  line  of duty on or after the effective date of this chapter to
 and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety, provided,  howev-
 er,  that  when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the line of
 duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety  to  and  including
 June  thirtieth,  nineteen hundred ninety-one, such payment shall be one
 hundred  eighty-six  dollars  and  seventy-six  cents  for  each   week,
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 provided,  however,  that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured
 in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred  ninety-one
 to  and  including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred ninety-two, such
 payment  shall  be  two  hundred thirty-four dollars and fifty cents for
 each week; provided, however, that when the volunteer  ambulance  worker
 is  injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred
 ninety-two, such payment shall be two hundred  sixty-eight  dollars  for
 each  week,  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER
 IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER  MARCH  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE,  SUCH  PAYMENT SHALL BE FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS FOR
 EACH WEEK.
   (3) If the percentage of  loss  of  earning  capacity  is  twenty-five
 percentum,  or greater, but less than fifty per centum, [he or she] SUCH
 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER shall be paid [thirty] SIXTY dollars for each
 week.
   (4) If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is less  than  twen-
 ty-five  per  centum,  [he or she] SUCH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER shall
 not be paid any weekly benefit.
   Permanent partial disability, within the meaning  of  this  paragraph,
 shall  exist  only  if  the  earning capacity of the volunteer ambulance
 worker has been permanently and partially lost  as  the  result  of  the
 injury.  The  workers'  compensation board shall determine the degree of
 such disability and such board may reconsider such  degree  on  its  own
 motion or upon application of any party in interest.
   §  8.  Section  11 of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, as
 amended by chapter 604 of the laws of 1989,  subdivisions  1  and  2  as
 amended  by  chapter  924  of  the  laws  of 1990, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 11. Temporary partial disability benefits. In the case of  temporary
 partial disability the volunteer ambulance worker shall be paid for each
 week during the continuance thereof, as follows:
   1.  If  the percentage of loss of earning capacity is seventy-five per
 centum, or greater, [he or she] SUCH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER shall be
 paid one hundred fifty dollars for each week,  provided,  however,  that
 the  volunteer  ambulance  worker  is  injured in the line of duty on or
 after the effective date of this chapter to and including  June  thirti-
 eth, nineteen hundred ninety, provided, however, that when the volunteer
 ambulance  worker is injured in the line of duty on or after July first,
 nineteen hundred  ninety  to  and  including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen
 hundred ninety-one, such payment shall be two hundred eighty dollars for
 each  week,  provided, however, that when the volunteer ambulance worker
 is injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen  hundred
 ninety-one to and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-two,
 such  payment  shall  be  three hundred fifty dollars for each week; and
 provided further that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured  in
 the  line  of  duty  on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two
 such payments shall be four hundred  dollars  for  each  week;  PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT WHEN A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF
 DUTY  ON  OR  AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SUCH AMBULANCE
 WORKER SHALL BE PAID EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH WEEK.
   2. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is fifty per  centum,
 or  greater,  but  less  than  seventy-five per centum, [he or she] SUCH
 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER shall be paid one hundred  dollars  for  each
 week,  provided, however, that the volunteer ambulance worker is injured
 in the line of duty on or after the effective date of  this  chapter  to
 and  including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety, provided, howev-
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 er, that when the volunteer ambulance worker is injured in the  line  of
 duty  on  or  after July first, nineteen hundred ninety to and including
 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-one, such payment shall  be  one
 hundred   eighty-six  dollars  and  seventy-six  cents  for  each  week,
 provided, however, that when the volunteer ambulance worker  is  injured
 in  the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one
 to and including  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two,  such
 payment  shall  be  two  hundred thirty-four dollars and fifty cents for
 each week; provided, however, that when the volunteer  ambulance  worker
 is  injured in the line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred
 ninety-two, such payment shall be two hundred  sixty-eight  dollars  for
 each  week,  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER
 IS INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON OR AFTER  MARCH  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE,  SUCH  PAYMENT SHALL BE FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS FOR
 EACH WEEK.
   3. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity  is  twenty-five  per
 centum,  or  greater,  but  less than fifty per centum, [he or she] SUCH
 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER shall be paid [thirty] SIXTY dollars for each
 week.
   4. If the percentage of loss of earning capacity is less than  twenty-
 five  per  centum, [he or she] SUCH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER shall not
 be paid any weekly benefit.
   Temporary partial disability, within  the  meaning  of  this  section,
 shall  exist  only  if  the  earning capacity of the volunteer ambulance
 worker has been temporarily and partially lost  as  the  result  of  the
 injury.  The  workers'  compensation board shall determine the degree of
 such disability and such board may reconsider such  degree  on  its  own
 motion or upon application of any party in interest.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.