Bill Text: NY A07716 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7716 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to presumptive evidence of disability caused by cancer of firefighters who have been retired for five years or less.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-5)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-11 - SIGNED CHAP.250 [A07716 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7716

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 17, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  disabilities
          of certain retired firefighters caused by cancer

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

     1    Section 1. Section 207-kk of the general municipal law,  as amended by
     2  chapter 531 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 207-kk. Disabilities of firefighters in  certain  cities  caused  by
     4  cancer.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of this chapter to the
     5  contrary, any condition of impairment of health caused by (i) any condi-
     6  tion  of  cancer  affecting  the  lymphatic,  digestive,  hematological,
     7  urinary, neurological, breast, reproductive, or prostate systems or (ii)
     8  melanoma  resulting  in  total  or partial disability or death to a paid
     9  member of a fire department in a city with a population of  one  million
    10  or  more,  or any retired member of such department who has been retired
    11  for five or less years, who successfully passed a  physical  examination
    12  on  entry  into the service of such department, which examination failed
    13  to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumptive  evidence
    14  that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty unless the
    15  contrary be proved by competent evidence. The provisions of this section
    16  shall  remain  in  full force and effect [to and including the thirtieth
    17  day of June, two thousand five] pursuant to section four hundred  eighty
    18  of the retirement and social security law.
    19    §  2.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the New York City fire department
    20  pension fund shall take appropriate administrative action  to  implement
    21  the intent of section one of this act.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11238-01-9