Eligibility
Compiled text through Jul 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Latest notice
- HES-22-26-00002-P · Proposed rule · Jun 3, 2026
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)A volunteer firefighter must meet the following criteria to be eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits:
(1)five or more years of faithful and actual firefighting service as an interior firefighter;
(2)has submitted proof of five years of interior structural firefighting service by providing verification that he or she has passed at least five annual fit tests;
(3)successful completion of a physical examination prior to the commencement of duties as an interior firefighter, which failed to reveal evidence of cancer; and
(4)diagnosis of cancer.
(b)A volunteer firefighter shall remain eligible for enhanced cancer disability benefits specified in General Municipal Law section 205-cc(2)(a), (b), and (d) for 60 months after the formal cessation of the volunteer firefighter’s status as an active volunteer firefighter.