STATE OF NEW YORK
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4746
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 22, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to city employees injured in the course of duty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions a and b and the closing paragraph of section
2 12-127 of the administrative code of the city of New York, subdivisions
3 a and b as amended and the closing paragraph as added by chapter 806 of
4 the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows:
5 a. Any active or retired member of the uniformed forces of the fire or
6 police departments, or any member who is otherwise separated from such
7 service with vested pension rights, or any person employed in the
8 department of sanitation in the sanitation service classification of the
9 classified civil service who shall be injured while actually employed in
10 the discharge of police orders of his or her superior officers in the
11 police station, fire house or sanitation section station, as the case
12 may be, or as the result of illness traceable directly to the perform-
13 ance of police, fire or sanitation duty, as the case may be, or any
14 employee of the department of parks, general services, ports and termi-
15 nals or environmental protection or a person employed by the police
16 commissioner as a school crossing guard who shall be injured while actu-
17 ally employed in the discharge of duty, shall be received by any hospi-
18 tal for care and treatment when such facts are certified to by the head
19 of the department. Unless otherwise provided in this section, such
20 members or retired or vested members shall be received by any hospital
21 at the usual ward patient rates. The bill for such care and treatment at
22 such rates, when certified by the superintendent or other person in
23 charge of such hospital and approved by the head of the department
24 concerned, shall be paid by the city.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 b. Any active or retired member of the uniformed forces of the fire or
2 police department, or any member who is otherwise separated from such
3 service with vested pension rights, or any person employed in the
4 department of sanitation in the sanitation service classification of the
5 classified civil service or a person employed by the police commissioner
6 as a school crossing guard who, while in the actual performance of duty,
7 and by reason of the performance of such duty and without fault or
8 misconduct on his or her part, shall receive injuries to an extent which
9 may endanger his or her life, shall be received by any hospital for care
10 and treatment, and shall be afforded such medical or surgical care and
11 hospitalization as may be ordered by the chief medical officer of the
12 respective departments in conformity with the provisions of this
13 section. Such medical officer shall forthwith notify the comptroller of
14 the care and hospitalization so ordered. The rate charged for such care
15 and hospitalization for such member or retired or vested member or such
16 person shall not exceed the rate charged any person in receipt of an
17 income equal to the salary of such member or of such person for the same
18 accommodations. The comptroller and the heads of the departments
19 affected shall make necessary rules and regulations to carry out the
20 provisions of this section. Upon certification by the chief medical
21 officer of the department concerned, the bill for such care and hospi-
22 talization, when certified by the superintendent or other person in
23 charge of the hospital and approved by the head of the department
24 concerned, shall be paid by the city.
25 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provider of
26 medical treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions
27 of this section shall not collect or attempt to collect reimbursement
28 for such treatment or care from any such city employee or retired or
29 vested member.
30 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
