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- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Revives the presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by firefighters
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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Title of bill
An act to amend the retirement and social security law and the general municipal law, in relation to extending the presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by firefighters
Purpose
This legislation extends the effective period of the provisions of Section 363-f of the Retirement and Social Security Law relating to the presumption of certain lung disabilities incurred by firefighters
Summary of provisions
This bill amends Section 363-f of the retirement and social security law, and Section 207-q of the general municipal law, to continue to provide that any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a uniformed member of a paid fire department where such member successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such conditions, shall be presumptive evidence that the disability or death was caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by the firefighter's own negligence and was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty.
Justification
Lung disabilities for firefighters exceed that of the average adult populations. The increase in the use of plastic and other chemical products in the past two decades have resulted in a qualitative change in the nature of the compounds to which firefighters are exposed at fires.
This legislation is necessary in order to continue to provide this resumption by extending the current sunset date from June 30, 2008 to June 30, 2010.
Legislative history
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Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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