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A 47292025–2026 SessionIN COMMITTEEDEMOCRAT

Relates to a presumption for Parkinson's disease

Introduced Feb 5, 2025Billy Jones (D-NY)1 cosponsor

Summary

Provides that where any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's disease, 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 condition, shall be presumptive evidence that such disability or death was caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by such firefighter's own negligence; and was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence.

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Legislative Journey

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor
  4. Passed Chamber 1
  5. Passed Chamber 2
  6. Signed
Feb 5, 2025

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

House
Feb 11, 2025

REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

House
Sep 8, 2025

ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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