Assembly Bill A1066

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to coverage for cancer screenings

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A1066 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Vol Ffs Ben L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8466

2025-A1066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring coverage for volunteer firefighters for full cancer screenings upon entry of service to a fire department or fire company and annually thereafter; provides that the costs of such screenings shall be covered by the state.

2025-A1066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1066
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BUTTENSCHON, SAYEGH, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA,
   BURDICK, EACHUS, SHIMSKY, BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 5 of the  volunteer  firefighters'
 benefit law is amended by adding a new paragraph q to read as follows:
   Q.  WHILE,  WITHIN  THE  STATE, UNDERGOING A FULL CANCER SCREENING, AS
 DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, UPON ENTRY  OF  SERVICE  TO  A
 FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  FIRE COMPANY AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. THE COSTS OF
 SUCH FULL CANCER SCREENINGS SHALL BE BORNE ENTIRELY BY THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03046-01-5

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