Bill Text: NY A05957 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to proof of eligibility for volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefits.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-23 - APPROVAL MEMO.84 [A05957 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05957-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5957--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 20, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, D'URSO, LAVINE, LUPARDO, BARRETT, BYRNE,
          McDONALD, BUTTENSCHON, STECK, MANKTELOW, BRONSON -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  proof  of
          eligibility for volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability bene-
          fits;  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:

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph  a  of subdivision 1 of
     2  section 205-cc of the general municipal law, as amended by  chapter  334
     3  of the laws of 2017, is amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read
     4  as follows:
     5    (ii)  Having  submitted  proof  of five years of interior firefighting
     6  service by providing verification that he or she  has  passed  at  least
     7  five yearly certified mask fitting tests as set forth in 29 CFR 1910.134
     8  or  the [current] applicable National Fire Protection Association stand-
     9  ards for mask fit testing.
    10    8. In the absence of the documentation  required  in  paragraph  a  of
    11  subdivision  one  of  this  section,  the volunteer firefighter shall be
    12  eligible if they submit alternative documentation as determined  by  the
    13  office of fire prevention and control. The office of fire prevention and
    14  control  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  as to an acceptable
    15  combination of alternative documentation and  such  documentation  shall
    16  include, but not be limited to, training records, documentation that the
    17  firefighter was an active interior volunteer firefighter as evidenced by
    18  National Fire Incident Reports submitted by the volunteer's fire depart-
    19  ment, or any other combination of official documents capable of evidenc-
    20  ing that the firefighter meets the requirements of this section.
    21    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    22  deemed repealed 10 years after such date.

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