Assembly Bill A546

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases disability benefit levels for volunteer ambulance workers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A546 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8, 9, 10 & 11, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8867
2015-2016: A1390

2013-A546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases disability benefit levels for volunteer ambulance workers' from $400 to $800.

2013-A546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   546

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, ABINANTI, JAFFEE, STEVENSON -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ROBERTS, SWEENEY -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  volunteer  ambulance  workers'  benefit law, in
  relation to increasing disability benefit levels

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 8 of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law,
as  amended  by  chapter  574 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
follows:
  S 8. Permanent total disability benefits. In the case of  total  disa-
bility  adjudged to be permanent the volunteer ambulance worker shall be
paid [four] EIGHT hundred dollars for each week during  the  continuance
thereof. Permanent total disability, within the meaning of this section,
shall  exist  only  if  the  earning capacity of the volunteer ambulance
worker has been lost permanently and totally as the result of the  inju-
ry. The loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or
both eyes, or any two thereof, shall, in the absence of conclusive proof
to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability, but in all other
cases  permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with
the facts. Notwithstanding any other  provisions  of  this  chapter,  an
injured  volunteer  ambulance  worker  disabled due to the loss or total
loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms, or both feet,  or
both  legs,  or  any two thereof shall not suffer any diminution of such
weekly benefit by engaging in business or employment provided his or her
weekly earnings or wages, when combined with his  weekly  benefit  shall
not  be  in excess of six hundred dollars; and further provided that the
application of this section shall not result in  reduction  of  benefits
which  an  injured volunteer ambulance worker who is disabled due to the
loss or total loss of use of both eyes, or both hands, or both arms,  or

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

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