New York S 5855: Establishes a supplemental burial allowance for certain first responders

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S05855 Summary:

BILL NOS05855 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07961

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8, Veterans' Services L

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Establishes a supplemental burial allowance for certain first responders.

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BILL NOS05855 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5855

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
 ty and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing
 a supplemental burial allowance for certain first responders

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

 1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 8 of the
 2 veterans' services law are amended to read as follows:
 3 New York state supplemental burial allowance for members of the
 4 uniformed services of the United States killed in combat or duty subject
 5 to hostile fire or imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC § 310 and for
 6 certain certified first responders. 1. As used in this section,
 7 "parent" means a father, a mother, a father through adoption, a mother
 8 through adoption, or an individual who, for a period of not less than
 9 one year, at any time before the decedent's entry into active military
 10 service or at any time before September eleventh, two thousand one,
 11 stood in the relationship of a parent to a decedent who died in combat
 12 or duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC
 13 § 310, or who died from a wound incurred in combat or while serving on
 14 duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, as defined in 37 USC §
 15 310, or who was a certified first responder who died as a result of a
 16 certified World Trade Center medical condition or, if two persons stood
 17 in the relationship of a parent for one year or more, the person who
 18 bore the expenses of the funeral of the decedent.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09143-01-5

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