Bill Text: NY A01999 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that each fire district, department or company required to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire fighters pursuant to section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law shall be entitled to reimbursement by the state for payments made in order to obtain the insurance coverage necessary to satisfy the requirements of section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to local governments [A01999 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01999-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1999

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. HAWLEY, SMULLEN, ANGELINO, GALLAHAN, MANKTELOW,
          BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Local  Govern-
          ments

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing that
          each fire district, department or company required to provide enhanced
          cancer  disability  benefits  for  volunteer fire fighters pursuant to
          section two hundred five-cc of the  general  municipal  law  shall  be
          entitled  to  reimbursement by the state for payments made in order to
          obtain the insurance coverage necessary to satisfy the requirements of
          section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 205-ccc to read as follows:
     3    § 205-ccc. Volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer  disability  benefit;
     4  reimbursement.  1. Each fire district, department or company required to
     5  provide enhanced cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire  fighters
     6  pursuant  to  section two hundred five-cc of this article shall be enti-
     7  tled to reimbursement by the state for payments made in order to  obtain
     8  the  insurance  coverage  necessary  to satisfy the requirements of such
     9  section.
    10    2. Each fire district,  department  or  company  required  to  provide
    11  enhanced  cancer  disability  benefits  pursuant  to section two hundred
    12  five-cc of this article shall be eligible for  an  annual  reimbursement
    13  upon  application,  which must include proof of such policies held  by a
    14  district, department or company, to the office of  fire  prevention  and
    15  control.  The  office of fire prevention and control shall make determi-
    16  nations related to approving or denying submitted applications and issue
    17  appropriate reimbursements.
    18    3. The office of fire prevention and control, in conjunction with  the
    19  department  of financial services, shall establish a uniform application

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04354-01-3

        A. 1999                             2

     1  process for reimbursement, and shall promulgate  rules  and  regulations
     2  necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
     3    4. The amount of the reimbursement shall be limited to the amount each
     4  district,  department or company spent in the prior fiscal year in order
     5  to obtain insurance coverage   necessary  to  comply  with  section  two
     6  hundred five-cc of this article.
     7    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     8  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective  immediately
     9  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    10  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    11  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
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