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Increases permanent total disability benefits
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Joseph Morelle
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1929
Title of bill
An act to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to increasing permanent total disability benefits
Purpose
To increase the benefits received by totally disabled volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers in New York State.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends section 8 of the volunteer firefighters law to increase the benefits paid to permanently totally disabled firefighters from $400 to $450. Section 2: Amends section 8 of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law to increase the benefits paid to permanently totally disabled ambulance workers from $400 to $450. Section 3: Effective date.
Justification
Volunteer firefighters who are injured in the course of their volunteer service are eligible under State law to receive workers' compensation for their injuries. The State has enacted these benefits in recognition that these volunteers provide enormously important services to our communities.
Chapter 574 of the laws of 1998, raised the benefit level for all volunteer firefighters with permanent total disabilities to the maximum amount of $400 a week regardless of their date of injury. Recognizing that inflationary forces make it increasingly difficult to subsist on a fixed income, this legislation would increase the maximum benefits to $450.
Legislative history
2007-2008 - Passed Senate 2009-2010 - Referred to Local Governments
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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