STATE OF NEW YORK
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8837
IN SENATE
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to optional disa-
bility coverage for county probation officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal
2 law, as amended by section 55 of chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of
5 the sheriff's department of any county or any member of a police force
6 of any county, city of less than one million population, town or
7 village, or of any district, agency, board, body or commission thereof,
8 or any LIRR police officer as defined in paragraph two of subdivision a
9 of section three hundred eighty-nine of the retirement and social secu-
10 rity law whose benefits are provided in and pursuant to such section
11 three hundred eighty-nine, or a detective-investigator or any other
12 investigator who is a police officer pursuant to the provisions of the
13 criminal procedure law employed in the office of a district attorney of
14 any county, or any corrections officer of the county of Erie department
15 of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical technician employed by
16 the county of Nassau, or any detention officer employed by the city of
17 Yonkers, or any supervising fire inspector, fire inspector, fire
18 marshal, or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in the county of
19 Nassau fire marshal's office, or at the option of [the] any county [of
20 Nassau], any county probation officer [of the county of Nassau] who is
21 injured in the performance of [his or her] their duties or who is taken
22 sick as a result of the performance of [his or her] such duties so as to
23 necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment shall be paid by
24 the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company by which [he or
25 she] such employee is employed the full amount of [his or her] their
26 regular salary or wages from such employer until [his or her] the disa-
27 bility arising therefrom has ceased, and, in addition such municipality
28 or The Long Island Rail Road Company shall be liable for all medical
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 treatment and hospital care necessitated by reason of such injury or
2 illness. Provided, however, and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
3 of this section, the municipal or The Long Island Rail Road Company
4 health authorities or any physician appointed for the purpose by the
5 municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company, as relevant, after a
6 determination has first been made that such injury or sickness was
7 incurred during, or resulted from, such performance of duty, may attend
8 any such injured or sick police officer, from time to time, for the
9 purpose of providing medical, surgical or other treatment, or for making
10 inspections, and the municipality or The Long Island Rail Road Company,
11 as the case may be, shall not be liable for salary or wages payable to
12 such police officer, or for the cost of medical treatment or hospital
13 care furnished after such date as such health authorities or physician
14 shall certify that such injured or sick police officer has recovered and
15 is physically able to perform [his or her] regular duties. Any injured
16 or sick police officer who shall refuse to accept medical treatment or
17 hospital care or shall refuse to permit medical inspections as herein
18 authorized, including examinations pursuant to subdivision two of this
19 section, shall be deemed to have waived [his or her] their rights under
20 this section in respect to expenses for medical treatment or hospital
21 care rendered and for salary or wages payable after such refusal.
22 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider of
23 medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions
24 of this section shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement
25 for such treatment or care from any such police officer, any such
26 advanced ambulance medical technician or any such detention officer.
27 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 207-c of the general municipal law, as
28 amended by section 56 of chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
29 read as follows:
30 1. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or corrections officer of
31 the sheriff's department of any county (hereinafter referred to as a
32 "police officer") or any member of a police force of any county, city of
33 less than one million population, town or village, or of any district,
34 agency, board, body or commission thereof, or a detective-investigator
35 or any other investigator who is a police officer pursuant to the
36 provisions of the criminal procedure law employed in the office of a
37 district attorney of any county, or any corrections officer of the coun-
38 ty of Erie department of corrections, or an advanced ambulance medical
39 technician employed by the county of Nassau, or any detention officer
40 employed by the city of Yonkers, or any supervising fire inspector, fire
41 inspector, fire marshal or assistant fire marshal employed full-time in
42 the county of Nassau fire marshal's office, or at the option of [the]
43 any county [of Nassau], any county probation officer [of the county of
44 Nassau] who is injured in the performance of [his or her] their duties
45 or who is taken sick as a result of the performance of [his or her] such
46 duties so as to necessitate medical or other lawful remedial treatment
47 shall be paid by the municipality by which [he or she] such employee is
48 employed the full amount of [his or her] their regular salary or wages
49 until [his or her] the disability arising therefrom has ceased, and, in
50 addition such municipality shall be liable for all medical treatment and
51 hospital care necessitated by reason of such injury or illness.
52 Provided, however, and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
53 section, the municipal health authorities or any physician appointed for
54 the purpose by the municipality, after a determination has first been
55 made that such injury or sickness was incurred during, or resulted from,
56 such performance of duty, may attend any such injured or sick police
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1 officer, from time to time, for the purpose of providing medical, surgi-
2 cal or other treatment, or for making inspections and the municipality
3 shall not be liable for salary or wages payable to such police officer,
4 or for the cost of medical treatment or hospital care furnished after
5 such date as such health authorities or physician shall certify that
6 such injured or sick police officer has recovered and is physically able
7 to perform [his or her] regular duties. Any injured or sick police
8 officer who shall refuse to accept medical treatment or hospital care or
9 shall refuse to permit medical inspections as herein authorized, includ-
10 ing examinations pursuant to subdivision two of this section, shall be
11 deemed to have waived [his or her] their rights under this section in
12 respect to expenses for medical treatment or hospital care rendered and
13 for salary or wages payable after such refusal.
14 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider of
15 medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions
16 of this section shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement
17 for such treatment or care from any such police officer, a member of a
18 police force of any county, city, any such advanced ambulance medical
19 technician, any such detention officer or any such detective-investiga-
20 tor or any other such investigator who is a police officer pursuant to
21 the provisions of the criminal procedure law.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
23 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
24 chapter 628 of the laws of 1991 takes effect.
