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NY S07272
Bill
Status
4/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Gounardes
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AI Summary
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Expands disability benefits under General Municipal Law sections 207-a and 207-c to explicitly include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying disability for firefighters, police officers, correction officers, and other emergency personnel
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Creates a presumption that PTSD in covered employees was incurred during service in the line of duty, making it automatically compensable under existing benefit provisions
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Requires PTSD diagnosis by a psychiatrist or psychologist to qualify for benefits
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Shifts the burden of proof to employers, who must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the PTSD was caused solely by nonservice-connected risk factors or exposure to deny benefits
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Updates gendered language throughout the affected statutes from "his or her" to "their"
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1/7/2026