New York A 1849: Increases certain disability payments and specifying payments for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers injured in the line of duty on or after July first, two thousand twenty-four

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A01849 Summary:

BILL NOA01849 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSteck

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COSPNSRSantabarbara

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Amd §§8, 9 & 10, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §§8, 9 & 10, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L

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Increases temporary and permanent disability payments for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers, and specifies weekly payment amounts for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers injured in the line of duty on or after July first, two thousand twenty-six.

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01/14/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1849

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK, SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the volun-
 teer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to increasing certain
 disability payments and specifying payments for volunteer firefighters
 and ambulance workers injured in the line of duty on or after July 1,
 2026

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 8 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as
 2 amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of total disa-
 5 bility adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter shall be paid
 6 [six] nine hundred dollars for each week during the continuance thereof.
 7 Permanent total disability, within the meaning of this section, shall
 8 exist only if the earning capacity of the volunteer firefighter has been
 9 lost permanently and totally as the result of the injury. The loss of
 10 both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes, or
 11 any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclusive proof to the
 12 contrary, constitute permanent total disability, but in all other cases
 13 permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with the
 14 facts. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, an injured
 15 volunteer firefighter disabled due to the loss or total loss of use of
 16 both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or
 17 any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such weekly benefit
 18 by engaging in business or employment provided [his or her] such injured
 19 volunteer firefighter's weekly earnings or wages, when combined with
 20 [his or her] their weekly benefit shall not be in excess of eight
 21 hundred dollars; and further provided that the application of this
 22 section shall not result in reduction of benefits which an injured

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04529-01-5

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 1 volunteer firefighter who is disabled due to the loss or total loss of
 2 use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both
 3 legs, or any two thereof would otherwise be entitled to under any other
 4 provisions of this article.
 5 § 2. Section 9 of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, as amended
 6 by chapter 523 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 9. Temporary total disability benefits. In the case of temporary
 8 total disability the volunteer firefighter shall be paid one hundred
 9 twenty-five dollars for each week during the continuance thereof;
 10 provided, however, that when the volunteer firefighter is injured in the
 11 line of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight to
 12 December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, said firefighter
 13 shall receive one hundred eighty dollars per week during the continuance
 14 thereof; and further provided, that when the volunteer firefighter is
 15 injured in the line of duty on or after January first, nineteen hundred
 16 seventy-nine to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-three, said
 17 firefighter shall receive two hundred fifteen dollar