Permits the town board of the town of East Hampton to provide health insurance coverage for enrolled members of the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as is currently authorized for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5741
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 15, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT permitting the town board of the town of East Hampton to provide
health insurance coverage for enrolled members of the East Hampton
Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where
2 the town board of the town of East Hampton has designated the East Hamp-
3 ton Volunteer Ocean Rescue and Auxiliary Squad as an emergency rescue
4 and first aid squad by resolution of the town board, under section 209-b
5 of the general municipal law or by special act of the legislature, the
6 town board shall be permitted to provide health insurance coverage for
7 the enrolled members of such squad and their families, pursuant to
8 subdivision 7 of section 92-a of the general municipal law, under the
9 same terms and conditions as are authorized for volunteer firefighters
10 and volunteer ambulance workers, including that the total cost of
11 participation by such volunteers and their families shall be borne by
12 the volunteers.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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