New York A 8755: Relates to tenant responses to applications for a major capital improvement rent increase

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A08755 Summary:

BILL NOA08755 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L

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Provides cancer screening and treatment for retired volunteer firefighters; defines retired volunteer firefighters; retroactively applies to retired volunteer firefighters.

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06/02/2025referred to insurance

01/07/2026referred to insurance

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8755

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to providing cancer
 screening and treatment for retired volunteer firefighters

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 41 to read as follows:
 3 (41) (A) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or simi-
 4 lar comprehensive-type coverage shall provide coverage for comprehensive
 5 annual medical exams for insured individuals who are retired volunteer
 6 firefighters. Such comprehensive annual exam shall include cancer
 7 screening, including, digital rectal exam for individuals with pros-
 8 tate-specific antigen, cervical exam with Pap test, breast exam, respi-
 9 rator fit test, colonoscopies beginning at forty-five years of age or
 10 earlier depending on family history, mammograms beginning at age forty
 11 or earlier depending on family history, and low dose computed tomography
 12 depending on age, smoking history, forced expiratory volume (FEV1),
 13 family history of lung cancer, obstructive lung disease and history of
 14 pneumonia.
 15 (B) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or similar
 16 comprehensive-type coverage shall provide coverage for cancer treatment
 17 for retired volunteer firefighters to include the costs of diagnosis,
 18 cure, mitigation, treatment and prevention of cancer.
 19 (C) For the purposes of this paragraph, "retired volunteer firefight-
 20 er" shall mean a person who has been approved by the authorities in
 21 control of a duly organized volunteer fire company or volunteer fire
 22 department as an active volunteer firefighter of such fire company or
 23 department and who is faithfully and actually performing service in the
 24 protection of life and property from fire or other emergency, accident
 25 or calamity in connection with which the services of such fire company

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11840-01-5

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 1 or fire department are required and has retired with a minimum of twen-
 2 ty-five years of service and shall:
 3 (i) be calculated as the cumulative total of all years served by a
 4 volunteer firefighter, regardless of whether that service was rendered
 5 at a single station or across multiple stations;
 6 (ii) include the years of service accumulated by current volunteers
 7 upon the effective date of this paragraph; and
 8 (iii) apply retroactively to retired volunteer firefighters upon the
 9 effective date of this paragraph.
 10 § 2. Subsection (l) of section 3221 of the insurance law is amended by
 11 adding a new paragraph 23 to read as follows:
 12 (23) (A) Every policy which provides medical, major medical, or simi-
 13 lar comprehensive-type coverage shall provide coverage for comprehensive
 14 annual medical exams for insured individuals who are retired volunteer
 15 firefighters. Such comprehensive annual exam shall include cancer
 16 screening, including, digital rectal exam for individuals with pros-
 17 tate-specific antigen, cervical exam with Pap test, breast exam, respi-
 18 rator fit test, colonoscopies beginning at forty-five years of age or
 19 earlier depending on family history, mammograms beginning at age forty
 20 or earlier depending on family history, and low dose computed tomography