What's happening
This bill makes permanent the law granting disability benefits to volunteer firefighters for heart diseases or malfunctions.
Why it matters
Removes the sunset provision. By eliminating the expiration date for granting disability benefits to volunteer firefighters with heart-related diseases, the bill ensures these protections will not lapse in the future, providing long-term security for volunteers.
Acknowledges occupational health risks. The bill reflects recognition that volunteer firefighters face unique, ongoing risks for heart disease due to the demands of their role, and the state considers it important to support them permanently.
May help with firefighter recruitment and retention. Guaranteeing permanent benefits could make volunteer firefighting more appealing and help retain experienced personnel, which is vital for community safety in areas relying on volunteers.
Could have fiscal implications for local governments. Making these benefits permanent may affect municipal budgets and insurance planning, as they will need to account for this ongoing liability without a set end date.
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Make Heart Disability Protections Permanent
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Sponsors
37 Co-sponsors
- Carrie Woerner
- Angelo J. Morinello
- Fred Thiele
- Stacey Pheffer Amato
- David DiPietro
- Monica P. Wallace
- Marc Butler
- Vivian Cook
- Angelo Santabarbara
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- Felix Ortiz
- Jo Anne Simon
- Steven Englebright
- Anthony D'Urso
- Richard Gottfried
- Kevin M. Byrne
- Raymond Walter
- David McDonough
- Edward Ra
- Matthew Titone
- Clifford Crouch
- Philip Palmesano
- Latoya Joyner
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Michael Blake
- Charles Lavine
- Andrew Raia
- Alicia Hyndman
- Didi Barrett
- James Skoufis
- Earlene Hooper
- Phil Steck
- Addie Jenne
- Harry B. Bronson
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- William Magee
- Philip Ramos
History
- Referred to local governments
- Referred to local governments
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6784
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD, WOERNER, LUPINACCI, MORINELLO, THIELE, PHEFFER AMATO, DiPIETRO, WALLACE, BUTLER, COOK, SANTABARBARA, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, SIMON, ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO, GOTTFRIED, HARRIS, BYRNE, KEARNS, WALTER, McDONOUGH, RA, TITONE, CROUCH, PALMESANO, JOYNER, JEAN-PIERRE, BLAKE, LAVINE, RAIA, HYNDMAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANK- ENBUSH, DE LA ROSA, McLAUGHLIN, M. L. MILLER, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend chapter 668 of the laws of 1977, amending the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to disability due to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries, in relation to making such provisions permanent
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Sections 4 and 5 of chapter 668 of the laws of 1977, amending the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, relating to disability due to disease or malfunction of the heart or coronary arteries, section 4 as amended by chapter 26 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
§ 4. [The provisions of section two of this act shall remain in full force and effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, 2020.
§ 5.] This act shall take effect on the first day of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, or if signed after the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, shall take effect immediately, and shall apply only in cases where the injury causing death or disability occurred on or after such date of taking effect.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09844-01-7
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