NY A02070

Requires ambulance districts, departments, and companies to provide enhanced cancer disability insurance for volunteer emergency medical technicians with five or more years of service who passed a cancer-free physical exam upon entry.

Provides lump sum benefits of $25,000 for malignant cancers requiring surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or specific prostate cancer treatments; $6,250 for carcinoma in situ or melanoma; and $1,500 monthly for up to 36 months for cancer-caused total disability.

Establishes a $50,000 death benefit payable to the volunteer or beneficiary if death results from cancer complications, with combined lifetime limits of $50,000 for diagnosis-based lump sum benefits.

Requires ambulance districts to provide proof of insurance coverage or ability to pay by January 1, 2024, and maintain coverage for 60 months after a volunteer's service ends.

Mandates the New York State Emergency Medical Services Council adopt regulations for claim procedures and reporting, with annual reporting to state leadership beginning January 1, 2025.