Bill Text: NY S07196 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the payment of certain volunteer firefighter death benefits shall be within ninety days of the filing of application to receive such death benefit by the person or persons entitled to such benefit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07196 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07196-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7196
I N S E N A T E
May 1, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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
the payment of death benefits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The volunteer firefighters' benefit law is amended by
2 adding a new section 7-b to read as follows:
3 S 7-B. PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFITS. 1. ALL DEATH BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER
4 SECTION SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE PAID TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS
5 ENTITLED TO SUCH BENEFIT WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH PERSON OR
6 PERSONS FILES AN APPLICATION WITH THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD TO
7 RECEIVE SUCH BENEFIT.
8 2. THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD SHALL CONDUCT OUTREACH SERVICES TO
9 PROVIDE COORDINATED INFORMATION TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS ENTITLED TO A
10 DEATH BENEFIT PAYABLE UNDER SECTION SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE REGARDING
11 ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO HELP SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS WITH THE DEATH BENE-
12 FIT PROGRAM'S APPLICATION PROCEDURES.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01152-01-1
