New York A 8037: Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD

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A08037 Summary:

BILL NOA08037 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07272

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SPONSOREachus

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COSPNSRLunsford, Santabarbara, Buttenschon, Kelles, Gallahan

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§207-a & 207-c, Gen Muni L

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Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD by making their injury compensable if it cannot be shown, by a preponderance of evidence, that the PTSD was caused by factors unrelated to their occupation.

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BILL NOA08037 

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04/22/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8037

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to benefits for
 police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergen-
 cy personnel diagnosed with PTSD

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207-a of the general municipal
 2 law, as amended by chapter 27 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Any paid firefighter which term as used in this section shall mean
 5 any paid officer or member of an organized fire company or fire depart-
 6 ment of a city of less than one million population, or town, village or
 7 fire district, or any paid firefighter of a county airport or county
 8 aviation department which performs fire response or fire rescue duties,
 9 who is injured in the performance of [his or her] their duties or who is
 10 taken sick as a result of the performance of [his or her] their duties
 11 so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment, shall
 12 be paid by the municipality or fire district by which [he or she is]
 13 they are employed the full amount of [his or her] their regular salary
 14 or wages until [his or her] their disability arising therefrom has
 15 ceased, and, in addition, such municipality or fire district shall be
 16 liable for all medical treatment and hospital care furnished during such
 17 disability. For the purposes of this section, such disability shall
 18 include post-traumatic stress disorder, as diagnosed by a psychiatrist
 19 or psychologist, and shall be presumed to have been incurred during
 20 service in the line of duty and shall be compensable under this section,
 21 unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that that post-
 22 traumatic stress disorder was caused solely by nonservice-connected risk
 23 factors or nonservice-connected exposure. Provided, however, and
 24 notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the municipal

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07842-02-5

 A. 8037 2

 1 health authorities or any physician appointed for the purpose by the
 2 municipality or fire district, may attend any such injured or sick fire-
 3 fighter, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgi-
 4 cal, or other treatment, or for making inspections and the municipality
 5 or fire district shall not be liable for salary or wages payable to such
 6 a firefighter, or for the cost of medical or hospital care or treatment
 7 furnished, after such date as the health authorities or such physician
 8 shall certify that such injured or sick firefighter has recovered and is
 9 physically able to perform [his or her] their regular duties in the
 10 company or department. Any injured or sick firefighter who shall refuse
 11 to accept such medical treatment or hospital care or shall refuse to
 12 permit medical inspections as herein authorized, including examinations
 13 resulting from the application of subdivision two hereof, shall be
 14 deemed to have waived [his or her] their rights under this section in
 15 respect to expenses incurred for medical treatment or hospital care or
 16 salary or wages payab