New York A04729 presumes Parkinson's disease-related disability or death in volunteer firefighters as work-related unless proven otherwise.

New York A04729 amends the volunteer firefighters' benefit law to establish a presumption that any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's disease, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a volunteer firefighter, is presumed to be caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident not due to the firefighter's negligence and incurred in the performance of duty. This presumption applies if the firefighter passed a physical examination on entry into service or subsequently, which failed to reveal any evidence of such condition.

New York A04729 presumes Parkinson's disease-related disability or death in volunteer firefighters as work-related unless proven otherwise.

New York A04729 amends the volunteer firefighters' benefit law to establish a presumption that any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's disease, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a volunteer firefighter, is presumed to be caused by the natural and proximate result of an accident not due to the firefighter's negligence and incurred in the performance of duty. This presumption applies if the firefighter passed a physical examination on entry into service or subsequently, which failed to reveal any evidence of such condition.