Requires the same benefits and services for post-traumatic stress disorder for emergency dispatchers and correction officers as are afforded police and firefighters.
Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.
Enacts the "omnibus emergency services volunteer incentive act" to provide benefits to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers; increases the personal income tax deduction after four or more years of service; exempts motor vehicles used in the performance of such volunteers' duties from registration fees, use taxes and special fees for volunteer license plates; authorizes the provision of municipal health insurance coverage to such volunteers; establishes a volunteer recruitment service loan forgiveness program.
Includes fire districts within the definition of "municipal corporation" to include employees of fire districts within the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.
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.
S 8181 extends the September 11th Worker Protection Task Force Act, which supports workers involved in 9/11 cleanup and related health monitoring. The bill changes the act’s expiration date from June 10, 2025, to June 10, 2030, ensuring continued operations. It directly affects workers who participated in 9/11 recovery efforts and their healthcare monitoring programs. The key provision is a simple extension of the task force’s legal authority without altering its core functions.
Affords certain members of the fire department pension fund with new or increased pension benefits for each year of additional service beyond their required minimum service.
Allows for reasonable accommodations for the examination portion of licensure requirements to become a social worker for individuals for whom English is not their primary language and a test in their primary language is not available.
Provides that members of the New York city teachers' retirement system with an active membership at the time, who participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery or cleanup operations, and who are determined to have incurred a qualifying condition, be paid a duty disability retirement allowance equal to three-quarters of final average salary.
This bill establishes strict time limits for defendants adding new parties to lawsuits (called "third-party complaints"). It requires defendants to file such claims within 60 days of answering the original lawsuit, with deadlines shrinking to 20 days for subsequent parties added in chain reactions. The law provides an exception for workers' compensation cases involving serious injuries, allowing up to 120 days to file if the employer's identity wasn't known earlier. It prohibits adding new parties after a "note of issue" is filed and bans consolidating severed third-party cases.
