NY Work Comp L § 305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 10 - Workmen's Compensation Act for Civil Defense Volunteers 305 - Compensation Provided.

§ 305. Compensation provided. The schedule of special compensation for civil  defense  volunteers  under  this article is hereby established as follows:  (1) Total disability. In  case  of  total  disability,  sixty-six  and two-thirds  per  centum  of  average  weekly  wages  computed  under the provisions of section fourteen  shall  be  paid  to  the  civil  defense volunteer  during continuance of such disability, up to a maximum period of disability of five years from the date of injury.  (2) Permanent partial disability. In case  of  disability  partial  in character  but  permanent  in  quality, such percentage of sixty-six and two-thirds per  centum  of  average  weekly  wages  computed  under  the provisions  of section fourteen as the percentage of impairment bears to total disability, shall be paid to the civil  defense  volunteer  during continuance  of such disability, up to a maximum period of disability of five years from the date of injury.  (3)  Medical  care   and   chiropractic   care.   Necessary   medical, chiropractic  and other attendance and treatment as set forth in section thirteen shall be  provided,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sections thirteen-a  to  thirteen-j  inclusive  and thirteen-l; but the aggregate cost of all such attendance and treatment shall not exceed  the  sum  of four  thousand  dollars  in  a  case of total disability or of permanent partial disability or in a case of total disability with  subsequent  or prior  permanent  partial disability, nor one thousand dollars in a case of temporary  partial  disability  without  subsequent  or  prior  total disability.  (4)  Death.  Compensation  shall be paid in the amount, and to and for the benefit of persons, as follows:  (a) Actual funeral expenses in a reasonable sum  not  exceeding  seven hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  a  person  or persons and in manner as provided in section sixteen subdivision one.  (b) If there be a surviving dependent wife or dependent husband and no surviving child of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, to such dependent wife or dependent husband forty  per  centum  of  the  average wages  of  the  deceased  as defined in section sixteen subdivision five during widowhood or widowerhood; provided that the total amount  payable shall  in  no  case  exceed  sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages or be paid for any period which, when combined with other benefits provided under this article in the event of disability preceding  death, shall extend more than five years from the date of injury.  (c)  If  there  be a surviving dependent wife or dependent husband and also a surviving child or children of the  deceased  under  the  age  of eighteen  years,  to such dependent wife or dependent husband thirty per centum of such  average  wages  of  the  deceased  during  widowhood  or widowerhood,  and  the  additional  amount  of twenty per centum of such wages for each such child, but not after the child shall  have  attained the  age of eighteen years; provided that the total amount payable shall in no case exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such  wages  or be paid for any period which, when combined with other benefits provided under  this  article  in  the event of disability preceding death, shall extend more than five years from the date of injury.  (d) If there be a surviving child or children of  the  deceased  under the  age of eighteen years, but no surviving dependent wife or dependent husband, then for the support of each such  child  but  not  after  such child  shall  have attained the age of eighteen years, thirty per centum of such average wages of the deceased; provided that  the  total  amount payable  shall  in no case exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of such wages or be paid for a  period  which,  when  combined  with  other benefits  provided  under  this  article  in  the  event  of  disability  preceding death, shall extend more than five  years  from  the  date  of injury.  (e)  If  there be no surviving dependent wife or dependent husband and no surviving child or children under the age  of  eighteen,  no  payment shall  be  made to the special funds established under the provisions of section fifteen and twenty-five-a of this chapter  nor  to  any  person, except only for funeral expenses as provided in subdivision four of this section.