New York A 7416: Enacts the digital fair repair act

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A07416 Summary:

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Enacts "the 9/11 first responders and survivors' emergency healthcare access act"; establishes the 9/11 first responders and survivors' emergency healthcare access fund to provide 9/11 first responders and survivors with funding for medical treatments, prescriptions, and essential care services when a federal claim is delayed, a federal benefit is under appeal and an urgent health-related need arises while awaiting federal response.

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03/25/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7416

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to enacting the "9/11
 first responders and survivors' emergency healthcare access act"; to
 establish the 9/11 first responders and survivors' emergency health-
 care access act task force; and making an appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "9/11 first responders and survivors' emergency healthcare access
 3 act".
 4 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to
 5 read as follows:
 6 § 99-ss. The 9/11 first responders and survivors' emergency healthcare
 7 access fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the
 8 state comptroller and the commissioner of health a special fund to be
 9 known as the 9/11 first responders and survivors' emergency healthcare
 10 access fund.
 11 2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated thereto from any
 12 other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section
 13 shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the
 14 purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
 15 the fund according to law.
 16 3. The monies of the fund, after annual appropriation by the legisla-
 17 ture, shall be available to the commissioner of health for distribution,
 18 through an application process to be determined by the commissioner of
 19 health, to 9/11 first responders and survivors for medical treatments,
 20 prescriptions, and essential care services when:
 21 (a) a federal claim is delayed;
 22 (b) a federal benefit is under appeal; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10312-02-5

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 1 (c) an urgent health-related need arises while awaiting federal
 2 response.
 3 4. On or before January first of each year, the department of health
 4 shall provide a written report detailing how the monies of the fund were
 5 utilized during the preceding fiscal year. Such report shall be provided
 6 to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
 7 the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly
 8 ways and means committee, the chair of the senate committee on health,
 9 the chair of the assembly health committee, and the state comptroller.
 10 Such report shall be posted on the department of health's website and
 11 shall include:
 12 (a) the amount of money available and disbursed from the fund over the
 13 previous twelve months; and
 14 (b) a description on how such monies were used.
 15 5. For the purposes of this section, "9/11 first responders and survi-
 16 vors" shall mean:
 17 (a) those individuals who participated in World Trade Center rescue,
 18 recovery or cleanup operations as such term is defined in section two of
 19 the retirement and social security law; and
 20 (b) those individuals who lived and worked within the World Trade
 21 Center site as such term is defined in section two of the retirement and
 22 social security law.
 23 § 3. 1. A 9/11 first responders and survi