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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A267
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
David DiPietro
John Salka
2019-A267 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A267 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 267 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, in relation to providing for temporary payments of benefit pending final determi- nation of claim THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 40 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended by chapter 544 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as follows: § 40. [Notice] CLAIM ASSISTANCE UNIT; NOTICE of injury or death. THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT CLAIM ASSISTANCE UNIT. SUCH UNIT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO INITI- ATE CONTACT WITH ANY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WHO SUSTAINS A LIFE THREATEN- ING INJURY, OR IN THE CASE OF DEATH, THE SURVIVING DEPENDENTS OF SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND SHALL PROVIDE ANY AND ALL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED TO FILE CLAIMS AND EXPEDITE PAYMENT OF ANY AND ALL BENEFITS ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS CHAPTER. Notice of an injury or death for which benefits are to be paid or provided under this chapter shall be given to the political subdivision liable for the payment thereof within ninety days after such injury or death except that such notice need not be given if a claim is filed pursuant to section forty-one of this [chapter] ARTICLE within ninety days after such injury or death. Either such notice may be given by any person claiming to be entitled to such benefits [or], by someone in his OR HER behalf, OR BY A CLAIM ASSISTANT. The notice shall be in writing, shall contain the name and address of the volunteer [fireman] FIREFIGHT- ER, and state in ordinary language the time, place, nature and cause of the injury and shall be signed by him OR HER or by a person on his OR HER behalf or, in case of death, by any one or more of his OR HER depen- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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