STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8340--A IN SENATE January 18, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, FERNANDEZ, GRIFFO, ROLISON, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 5 of the volunteer firefighters' 2 benefit law is amended by adding a new paragraph q to read as follows: 3 q. While, within the state, undergoing a full cancer screening, as 4 determined by the commissioner of health, upon entry of service to a 5 fire department or fire company and annually thereafter. The costs of 6 such full cancer screenings shall be borne entirely by the state. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13444-07-4