New York S 1606: Provides that each fire district, department or company required to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire fighters shall be entitled to reimbursement by the state

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S01606 Summary:

BILL NOS01606 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07432

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSRASHBY, OBERACKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §205-ccc, Gen Muni L

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Provides that each fire district, department or company required to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire fighters pursuant to section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law shall be entitled to reimbursement by the state for payments made in order to obtain the insurance coverage necessary to satisfy the requirements of section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law.

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BILL NOS01606 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1606

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BORRELLO, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing that
 each fire district, department or company required to provide enhanced
 cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire fighters pursuant to
 section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law shall be
 entitled to reimbursement by the state for payments made in order to
 obtain the insurance coverage necessary to satisfy the requirements of
 section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law

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

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 205-ccc to read as follows:
 3 § 205-ccc. Volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefit;
 4 reimbursement. 1. Each fire district, department or company required to
 5 provide enhanced cancer disability benefits for volunteer fire fighters
 6 pursuant to section two hundred five-cc of this article shall be enti-
 7 tled to reimbursement by the state for payments made in order to obtain
 8 the insurance coverage necessary to satisfy the requirements of such
 9 section.
 10 2. Each fire district, department or company required to provide
 11 enhanced cancer disability benefits pursuant to section two hundred
 12 five-cc of this article shall be eligible for an annual reimbursement
 13 upon application, which must include proof of such policies held by a
 14 district, department or company, to the office of fire prevention and
 15 control. The office of fire prevention and control shall make determi-
 16 nations related to approving or denying submitted applications and issue
 17 appropriate reimbursements.
 18 3. The office of fire prevention and control, in conjunction with the
 19 department of financial services, shall establish a uniform application

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02555-01-5

 S. 1606 2

 1 process for reimbursement, and shall promulgate rules and regulations
 2 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
 3 4. The amount of the reimbursement shall be limited to the amount each
 4 district, department or company spent in the prior fiscal year in order
 5 to obtain insurance coverage necessary to comply with section two
 6 hundred five-cc of this article.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 8 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately
 9 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 10 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 11 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.

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