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NY Vol Fire Ben L § 8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 8 - Permanent Total Disability Benefits.

§  8.  Permanent  total  disability  benefits.  In  the  case of total   disability adjudged to be permanent the volunteer firefighter  shall  be   paid  six  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 firefighter has been   lost  permanently  and  totally as the result of the injury. 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  firefighter  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 or her weekly benefit shall   not be in excess of eight hundred dollars; and further provided that the   application of this section shall not result in  reduction  of  benefits   which  an  injured volunteer firefighter who is 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 would otherwise be entitled to   under any other provisions of this article.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 11-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 11-A - Repair or Replacement of Prosthetic Devices.

§ 11-a. Repair  or  replacement of prosthetic devices. If, as a result   of services performed in line of duty, a volunteer  firefighter  damages   or  loses  any  prosthetic devices required to be worn or used by him or   her, whether or not he or she is injured, such prosthetic  device  shall   be  repaired, or replaced in the discretion of the workers' compensation   board, and necessary medical, surgical or other attendance or treatment,   nurse and hospital service, in connection therewith shall be  furnished,   in  the  same manner as a prosthetic device would be furnished, replaced   or repaired and treatment and care  provided  under  the  provisions  of   section  sixteen  of  this  chapter.  Damage  to or loss of a prosthetic   device shall be deemed an injury, except  that  no  disability  benefits   shall be payable with respect to such injury under sections eight, nine,   ten  and eleven of this chapter. The term "prosthetic device" as used in   this section includes an artificial limb,  artificial  eye,  eyeglasses,   contact  lens,  hearing aid, denture or dental appliance or any surgical   appliance required to be worn or used by the volunteer firefighter,  but   shall  not  include  shoes  or  any other article considered as ordinary   wearing apparel, whether or not specially constructed.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 11-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 11-B - Hazardous Exposures.

§ 11-b. Hazardous  exposures. If, as a result of services performed in   line of duty, a volunteer firefighter is exposed to or comes in  contact   with any poisons, gases, x-rays, radium, radio-active materials or other   potentially  harmful  substances  or matter, the chief engineer or other   executive officer of the fire department or fire company of which he  or   she  is  a member may authorize the volunteer firefighter to obtain such   examinations, tests, treatment and care as are immediately necessary  to   determine  whether  he  or she is injured. Any such authorization may be   granted prior to the giving of a notice of injury under this chapter. In   any such case, the volunteer firefighter shall be deemed  to  have  been   injured  and  shall  be  entitled  to  treatment and care and disability   benefits as provided in this chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 11-C-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 11-C*2 - Volunteer Firefighters; Presumption in Certain Diseases.

* §  11-c.  Volunteer  firefighters;  presumption in certain diseases.   Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general, special   or local law to the contrary, and for the purposes of this chapter,  any   condition  of  impairment  of  health  caused  by  diseases of the lung,   resulting in total  or  partial  disability  or  death  to  a  volunteer   firefighter,  where  such  volunteer  firefighter  successfully passed a   physical examination on entry into such service or  subsequent  thereto,   which  examination  failed  to  reveal  any evidence of such conditions,   shall be presumptive evidence that such  disability  or  death  (a)  was   caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by   such   firefighter's   own  negligence  and  (b)  was  incurred  in  the   performance and discharge of duty, unless  the  contrary  be  proven  by   competent evidence.* NB Repealed June 30, 2025* NB There are 2 § 11-c's
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 12 - Non-Schedule Adjustments.

§ 12. Non-schedule adjustments. Notwithstanding any other provision of   this  chapter,  in any case coming within the provisions of sections ten   and eleven of this chapter, in which the  right  to  benefits  has  been   established  and benefits have been paid for not less than three months,   in which the  continuance  of  disability  cannot  be  ascertained  with   reasonable  certainty,  the  workmen's  compensation  board  may, in the   interest of justice, approve a non-schedule adjustment agreed to between   the claimant and the political subdivision liable  for  the  payment  of   benefits  or its insurance carrier. The provisions of subdivision five-b   of section fifteen of the workmen's compensation law shall apply in  any   such case.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 13 - Reclassification of Disabilities.

§ 13. Reclassification  of disabilities. Subject to the limitations in   section  fifty-one  of  this  chapter  and  in   section   one   hundred   twenty-three  of  the  workmen's  compensation law as made applicable to   this chapter by section  fifty-seven  of  this  chapter,  the  workmen's   compensation  board  may  at any time, without regard to the date of the   injury, upon its own motion, or on application of any party in interest,   reclassify a disability upon proof that  there  has  been  a  change  in   condition,  or that the previous classification was erroneous and not in   the interest of justice.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 14 - Previous Disability.

§ 14. Previous  disability.  The fact that a volunteer firefighter has   suffered previous disability or received benefits therefor  as  provided   in  section  two hundred five of the general municipal law, the workers'   compensation law, or this chapter shall not preclude  him  or  her  from   benefits  for  a  later  injury  nor  preclude  death benefits for death   resulting therefrom; provided, however, that a volunteer firefighter who   is suffering from a previous disability shall not receive benefits for a   later injury in excess of the benefits  allowed  for  such  injury  when   considered   by   itself  and  not  in  conjunction  with  the  previous   disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if   a  volunteer  firefighter  has  previously  incurred  permanent  partial   disability  through  the  loss  or loss of use of one hand, one arm, one   foot, one leg, or one eye, and suffers  the  loss  or  loss  of  use  of   another  such major member or eye, he or she may be adjudged permanently   totally disabled and receive benefits for permanent total disability  as   provided in section eight of this chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 15 - Expense for Rehabilitating Injured Volunteer Firefighters.

§ 15. Expense  for  rehabilitating  injured  volunteer firefighters. A   volunteer firefighter, who as a result of injury is or may  be  expected   to  be  totally or partially incapacitated for a remunerative occupation   and who, under the direction of the state education department is  being   rendered  fit  to  engage in a remunerative occupation, may receive such   additional financial benefit necessary for his or her rehabilitation  as   the  workers'  compensation  board shall determine. Not more than thirty   dollars per week  of  such  additional  amount  shall  be  expended  for   maintenance. Such expense and such of the administrative expenses of the   state education department as are properly assignable to the expenses of   rehabilitating  such  volunteer  firefighters  shall  be paid out of the   vocational rehabilitation fund created pursuant to subdivision  nine  of   section  fifteen  of  the  workers' compensation law. Any such volunteer   firefighter for the  purposes  of  such  fund  shall  be  considered  an   employee of the political subdivision liable for the payment of benefits   to  such volunteer firefighter under this chapter and such "employer" or   its insurance carrier, as the case may be, shall make the same financial   contribution to such fund as required by such subdivision nine in  every   case  of  injury causing death of a volunteer firefighter in which there   are no persons entitled to financial benefits under this  chapter  other   than  (1)  funeral  expenses  and  (2)  the  death  benefit  provided in   subdivision two of section seven of this chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 16 - Treatment and Care.

§ 16. Treatment  and  care. A volunteer firefighter injured in line of   duty  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  medical,  surgical,   podiatric,   chiropractic,  psychological  and  other attendance and treatment, nurse   and hospital service, medicine, crutches, artificial  members,  devices,   appliances, and apparatus, including the replacement and repair thereof,   for  such  period as the nature of the injury or the process of recovery   may require and the political subdivision  liable  for  the  payment  of   benefits to the volunteer firefighter under this chapter because of such   injury  shall  be liable therefor and the cost thereof shall be audited,   raised and paid as provided in  section  thirty  of  this  chapter.  The   provisions  of  sections  thirteen  to  thirteen-m,  both inclusive, and   sections  nineteen  to  nineteen-b,  both  inclusive,  of  the  workers'   compensation   law,   to   the  extent  that  such  provisions  are  not   inconsistent with this chapter, shall be applicable in relation  to  any   injured  volunteer  firefighter, political subdivision and third persons   as fully as if set forth in this chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 17 - Aliens.

§ 17. Aliens.  Financial benefits payable under this chapter to aliens   not residents or about to become nonresidents of the  United  States  or   Canada  shall  be  in  the same amount as provided for residents, except   that dependents in any foreign country shall  be  limited  to  surviving   spouse  and  child  or  children, or, if there be no surviving spouse or   child or children, to the surviving father or mother whom the  volunteer   firefighter has supported, either wholly or in part, for a period of one   year prior to the date of the injury.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 18 - Disposition of Accrued Benefits Upon Death.

§ 18. Disposition  of accrued benefits upon death. Except as otherwise   provided in section ten of this chapter, in the case of the death of  an   injured  volunteer  firefighter to whom there was due at the time of his   or her death any benefits under the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the   amount  of  such  benefits  shall be payable to the surviving spouse, if   there be one, or, if none, to the surviving child  or  children  of  the   deceased  under  the age of eighteen years, and if there be no surviving   spouse or children, then to the dependents of such deceased or to any of   them as the workers' compensation board may direct, and if there  be  no   surviving  spouse,  children or dependents of such deceased, then to his   or her estate. An award for disability may be made after the death of an   injured volunteer firefighter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 19 - Exclusiveness of Remedy.

§ 19. Exclusiveness  of  remedy. The benefits provided by this chapter   shall be the exclusive remedy of a volunteer firefighter, or his or  her   spouse,  parents, dependents, next of kin, executor or administrator, or   anyone  otherwise  entitled  to  recover  damages,  at  common  law   or   otherwise,  for or on account of an injury to a volunteer firefighter in   line  of  duty  or  death  resulting  from  an  injury  to  a  volunteer   firefighter  in  line  of duty, as against (1) the political subdivision   liable for the payment of such benefits, (2) the  political  subdivision   regularly  served by the fire company of which the volunteer firefighter   is a member, whether or not pursuant to a contract for fire  protection,   even though any such political subdivision is not liable for the payment   of  such  benefits  in  the  circumstances, and (3) any person or agency   acting under governmental or statutory authority in furtherance  of  the   duties  or  activities  in  relation  to which any such injury resulted;   provided, however, that the benefits provided by this chapter shall  not   be  the  exclusive  remedy as against persons who, in the furtherance of   the same duties or activities, are not similarly  barred  from  recourse   against   the   volunteer   firefighter,  or  his  or  her  executor  or   administrator.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 20 - Other Remedies of Volunteer Firefighters; Subrogation.

§  20.  Other  remedies  of  volunteer  firefighters; subrogation. The   provisions of section twenty-nine of the workers'  compensation  law  to   the extent that such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions   of  this  chapter,  shall be applicable as fully as if set forth in this   chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 22 - Revenues and Benefits From Sources Other Than This Chapter.

§ 22. Revenues  and  benefits from sources other than this chapter. 1.   Benefits, savings or insurance of  the  injured  or  deceased  volunteer   firefighter,  or  insurance carried for his benefit under subsection (a)   of section four thousand two hundred thirty-seven of the insurance  law,   shall  not  be  considered  in  determining  the benefits to be paid and   provided under this chapter, nor shall such benefits  be  diminished  or   reduced  by reason of the payment to an injured volunteer firefighter of   salary, wages or other remuneration by any political subdivision  liable   for the payment of such benefits.2.  Benefits  received  from  any  political  subdivision  pursuant to   service award payments authorized by article  eleven-A  of  the  general   municipal  law shall not be considered in determining the benefits to be   paid and provided under this chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 23 - Assignments, Exemptions.

§  23.  Assignments,  exemptions.  Benefits payable under this article   shall not be assigned, released or commuted, except as provided by  this   chapter, and shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy,   execution and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a   debt,  which  exemption  may  not be waived. Such benefits shall be paid   only to volunteer firefighters or their dependents except  as  otherwise   provided in this chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 24 - Waiver Agreements.

§ 24. Waiver  agreements.  No  agreement  or  release  by  a volunteer   firefighter, or, in the case of death,  the  dependents  of  a  deceased   volunteer  firefighter, to waive his or her right to benefits under this   chapter shall be valid, except as provided in section thirty-two of  the   workers' compensation law or otherwise in this chapter.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 2 - Coverage and Benefits 25 - Limitation of Time.

§ 25. Limitation  of  time.  No  limitation  of  time provided in this   chapter shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a   minor so long as he has no committee or guardian.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 33 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 3 - Liability for Benefits; Insurance 33 - Lien for Benefits.

§ 33. Lien  for  benefits. Benefits to be paid and provided under this   chapter shall be a lien against the assets  of  the  stock  corporation,   mutual  corporation or reciprocal insurer liable therefor, without limit   of amount, subordinate, however, to claims for unpaid  wages  and  prior   recorded liens.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 4 - Procedure 40 - Notice of Injury or Death.

§ 40. Notice  of  injury  or  death.  Notice of an injury or death for   which benefits are to be paid or provided under this  chapter  shall  be   given to the political subdivision liable for the payment thereof within   ninety  days after such injury or death except that such notice need not   be given if a claim is filed  pursuant  to  section  forty-one  of  this   chapter  within  ninety  days  after  such  injury or death. Either such   notice may be given by any  person  claiming  to  be  entitled  to  such   benefits  or  by  someone  in  his or her behalf. The notice shall be in   writing,  shall  contain  the  name  and  address   of   the   volunteer   firefighter,  and state in ordinary language the time, place, nature and   cause of the injury and shall be signed by him or her or by a person  on   his or her behalf or, in case of death, by any one or more of his or her   dependents, or by a person on their behalf. The notice shall be given to   the  clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, the comptroller or   chief financial officer of the city, the town clerk  of  the  town,  the   clerk  of the village or the secretary of the fire district, as the case   may be, by delivering  it  to  such  officer  or  by  registered  letter   properly addressed to such officer. The failure to give notice of injury   or notice of death shall be a bar to any claim under this chapter unless   such failure is excused by the workers' compensation board on any of the   following  grounds, (1) that for some sufficient reason the notice could   not have been given, (2) that a member of a body in charge  of,  or  any   officer  of,  the  fire  department or fire company had knowledge within   such ninety-day period of the injuries or death, (3) that the  political   subdivision, or its insurance carrier had not been prejudiced by a delay   in giving such notice, or (4) that the cause of disablement or death was   not  known  to  be  the result of service performed in line of duty as a   volunteer firefighter in sufficient time to comply with  the  provisions   of this section.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 4 - Procedure 41 - Claim for Benefits.

§ 41. Claim  for  benefits.  The  right  to  claim benefits under this   chapter shall be barred, except as hereinafter provided,  unless  within   two  years  after the injury, or, if death results therefrom, within two   years after such death, a claim for  the  benefits  under  this  chapter   shall  be  filed with the chairperson of the workers' compensation board   and a copy of such claim shall be filed with the same officer to whom  a   notice  of injury must be given under section forty of this chapter. The   right of a volunteer firefighter or  his  or  her  dependents  to  claim   benefits  under  this  chapter for disablement or death, as the case may   be, caused by disease  shall  not  be  barred  by  the  failure  of  the   volunteer  firefighter  or  his or her dependents to file a claim within   either such period of two years, provided  such  claim  shall  be  filed   after  either  such  period  of  two  years and within ninety days after   disablement or ninety days after knowledge that the disease  is  or  was   due  to service as a volunteer firefighter, whichever is the later date.   The claim shall be  in  substantially  the  same  form  and  shall  give   substantially the same information as is required to be given in a claim   under   the   provisions   of   section  twenty-eight  of  the  workers'   compensation law.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,  any   such  claim  need  not be sworn to, verified or acknowledged. No case in   which an advance payment is made to a volunteer firefighter or to his or   her dependents in case of death shall be barred by the  failure  of  the   volunteer  firefighter or his or her dependents to file a claim, and the   workers' compensation board may at any time order a hearing on any  such   case in the same manner as though a claim for benefits had been filed.The  date of injury caused by disease shall be the date of contracture   of such disease as determined by the workers' compensation board on  the   hearing of the claim and the responsibility of the political subdivision   liable  for  the  payment of benefits and its insurance carrier shall be   fixed by the date of injury as so determined.
NY Vol Fire Ben L § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VOL - Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Article 4 - Procedure 42 - Reports of Injuries, Claims and Proceedings.

§ 42. Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings. If an injury is one   for  which  an  insurance  carrier  might  be liable under a contract of   insurance or a county plan of self-insurance might be required  to  pay,   the  officer  to  whom a notice of injury is required to be delivered or   mailed and with whom the claim in relation to such injury is required to   be filed under the provisions of this chapter shall send a copy of  such   notice and claim and a copy of any notice of a proceeding relating to an   injury   or   claim   to  such  insurance  carrier  or  county  plan  of   self-insurance, as the case may be, promptly after receiving  the  same.   The  political subdivision liable for the payment of benefits under this   chapter shall keep such records and make such reports to the chairman of   the workmen's compensation board as required by section one hundred  ten   of  the workmen's compensation law, which by section fifty-seven of this   chapter is made applicable to this chapter. Failure to comply  with  the   provisions  of  this section shall not relieve such an insurance carrier   of liability or a county plan of self-insurance from its  obligation  to   pay.