Bill Text: NY S04746 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to city employees injured in the course of duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04746 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04746-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4746
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 22, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation to city employees injured in the course of duty
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions a and b and the closing paragraph  of  section
    2  12-127  of the administrative code of the city of New York, subdivisions
    3  a and b as amended and the closing paragraph as added by chapter 806  of
    4  the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows:
    5    a. Any ACTIVE OR RETIRED member of the uniformed forces of the fire or
    6  police  departments,  OR ANY MEMBER WHO IS OTHERWISE SEPARATED FROM SUCH
    7  SERVICE WITH VESTED PENSION  RIGHTS,  or  any  person  employed  in  the
    8  department of sanitation in the sanitation service classification of the
    9  classified civil service who shall be injured while actually employed in
   10  the  discharge  of  police orders of his or her superior officers in the
   11  police station, fire house or sanitation section station,  as  the  case
   12  may  be,  or as the result of illness traceable directly to the perform-
   13  ance of police, fire or sanitation duty, as the  case  may  be,  or  any
   14  employee  of the department of parks, general services, ports and termi-
   15  nals or environmental protection or a  person  employed  by  the  police
   16  commissioner as a school crossing guard who shall be injured while actu-
   17  ally  employed in the discharge of duty, shall be received by any hospi-
   18  tal for care and treatment when such facts are certified to by the  head
   19  of  the  department.  Unless  otherwise  provided  in this section, such
   20  members OR RETIRED OR VESTED MEMBERS shall be received by  any  hospital
   21  at the usual ward patient rates. The bill for such care and treatment at
   22  such  rates,  when  certified  by  the superintendent or other person in
   23  charge of such hospital and approved  by  the  head  of  the  department
   24  concerned, shall be paid by the city.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09825-01-3
       S. 4746                             2
    1    b. Any ACTIVE OR RETIRED member of the uniformed forces of the fire or
    2  police  department,  OR  ANY MEMBER WHO IS OTHERWISE SEPARATED FROM SUCH
    3  SERVICE WITH VESTED PENSION  RIGHTS,  or  any  person  employed  in  the
    4  department of sanitation in the sanitation service classification of the
    5  classified civil service or a person employed by the police commissioner
    6  as a school crossing guard who, while in the actual performance of duty,
    7  and  by  reason  of  the  performance  of such duty and without fault or
    8  misconduct on his or her part, shall receive injuries to an extent which
    9  may endanger his or her life, shall be received by any hospital for care
   10  and treatment, and shall be afforded such medical or surgical  care  and
   11  hospitalization  as  may  be ordered by the chief medical officer of the
   12  respective  departments  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this
   13  section.  Such medical officer shall forthwith notify the comptroller of
   14  the care and hospitalization so ordered. The rate charged for such  care
   15  and  hospitalization for such member OR RETIRED OR VESTED MEMBER or such
   16  person shall not exceed the rate charged any person  in  receipt  of  an
   17  income equal to the salary of such member or of such person for the same
   18  accommodations.  The  comptroller  and  the  heads  of  the  departments
   19  affected shall make necessary rules and regulations  to  carry  out  the
   20  provisions  of  this  section.  Upon  certification by the chief medical
   21  officer of the department concerned, the bill for such care  and  hospi-
   22  talization,  when  certified  by  the  superintendent or other person in
   23  charge of the hospital and  approved  by  the  head  of  the  department
   24  concerned, shall be paid by the city.
   25    Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law to the contrary, a provider of
   26  medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the  provisions
   27  of  this  section  shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement
   28  for such treatment or care from any such city  employee  OR  RETIRED  OR
   29  VESTED MEMBER.
   30    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.