§ 205-cc. Volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefits. A\nlegally organized fire district, department or company shall provide and\nmaintain for each eligible volunteer firefighter, an enhanced cancer\ndisability benefit insurance program.\n 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n a. "Eligible volunteer firefighter" means:\n * (i) A volunteer firefighter having five or more years of faithful\nand actual service in the protection of life and property from fire in\nthe interior of buildings subsequent to having successfully passed a\nphysical examination which failed to reveal any evidence of cancers as\ndefined in paragraph b of this subdivision; and\n * NB Effective until December 23, 2029\n * (i) A volunteer firefighter having five or more years of faithful\nand actual service in the protection of life and property from fire in\nthe interior of buildings and having successfully passed a physical\nexamination on entry to the firefighter service, which examination\nfailed to reveal any evidence of cancers as defined in paragraph b of\nthis subdivision; and\n * NB Effective December 23, 2029\n * (ii) Having submitted proof of five years of interior firefighting\nservice by providing verification that he or she has passed at least\nfive yearly certified mask fitting tests as set forth in 29 CFR 1910.134\nor the applicable National Fire Protection Association standards for\nmask fit testing or, for firefighters who entered the fire service prior\nto January first, two thousand twenty, documentation identified by the\noffice of fire prevention and control in rules and regulations\npromulgated pursuant to subdivision seven of this section which shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, training or certification records,\nhealth care provider records, internal fire department records, or any\ncombination of official documents capable of evidencing that the\nfirefighter meets the requirements of this section.\n * NB Effective until December 23, 2029\n * (ii) Having submitted proof of five years of interior firefighting\nservice by providing verification that he or she has passed at least\nfive yearly certified mask fitting tests as set forth in 29 CFR 1910.134\nor the current National Fire Protection Association standards for mask\nfit testing.\n * NB Effective December 23, 2029\n b. "Cancer" means:\n (i) A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in\na part of the body or a malignant growth or tumor resulting from the\ndivision of abnormal cells; and\n (ii) Affecting the prostate or breast, lymphatic, hematological\ndigestive, urinary, neurological, or reproductive systems, or melanoma.\n 2. An eligible volunteer firefighter shall be entitled to payment of\nenhanced cancer benefits as follows:\n a. A lump sum benefit of twenty-five thousand dollars for each\ndiagnosis payable to such firefighter upon acceptable proof to the\ninsurance carrier or other payor of a diagnosis by a board certified\nphysician in the medical specialty appropriate for the type of cancer\ndiagnosed that there are one or more malignant tumors characterized by\nthe uncontrollable and abnormal growth and spread of malignant cells\nwith invasion of normal tissue and that either:\n (i) There is metastasis; and\n (1) surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy is medically necessary; or\n (2) there is a tumor of the prostate, provided that it is treated with\nradical prostatectomy or external beam therapy; or\n (ii) The firefighter has terminal cancer, his or her life expectancy\nis twenty-four months or less from the date of diagnosis, and will not\nbenefit from, or has exhausted, curative therapy.\n b. A lump sum benefit of six thousand two hundred fifty dollars for\neach diagnosis payable to such firefighter upon acceptable proof to the\ninsurance carrier or other payor of a diagnosis by a board certified\nphysician in the medical specialty appropriate for the type of cancer\ninvolved that either:\n (i) There is
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