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NY A01511
Bill
Status
1/17/2023
Primary Sponsor
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
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AI Summary
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Authorizes fire department and ambulance service leadership to approve medical examinations, tests, treatment, and care for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers exposed to COVID-19 during state of emergency duty without requiring a prior notice of injury.
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Deems volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers exposed to COVID-19 during line of duty in a state of emergency as injured and entitled to treatment, care, and disability benefits under existing benefit laws.
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Establishes presumptive evidence that COVID-19 exposure during a state of emergency causing disability or death in a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker who tested positive resulted from job performance, not worker negligence, unless proven otherwise.
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Applies presumption to both total and partial disability or death resulting from COVID-19 exposure during a state of emergency.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Provides that if, as a result of services performed in line of duty during a state of emergency, a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker is exposed to or comes in contact with COVID-19, the chief engineer or other executive officer of the fire department or fire company or the captain or other executive officer of the ambulance department, volunteer ambulance company or ambulance district of which he or she is a member may authorize such volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker to obtain such examinations, tests, treatment and care as are immediately necessary to determine whether he or she is injured; further grants a presumption that exposure to COVID-19 caused partial or total disability or death.
Last Action
referred to local governments
1/3/2024