2012 New York Consolidated Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 10 - (200 - 209-Z) FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN
207 - Hospitalization of members of fire departments in certain cities.

 
    §  207.  Hospitalization  of  members  of  fire departments in certain
  cities. Paid members of the fire department of any city  of  this  state
  having  a  population  of one million or more who shall be injured while
  actually employed in the discharge of  duty  or  who,  as  a  result  of
  illness  traceable  directly  to  the  performance  of duty, shall, when
  certified by the fire chief or commissioner, be received by any  public,
  private  or semi-private hospital for care and treatment in semi-private
  patient facilities or accommodations. The  bill  for  such  semi-private
  patient   facilities   or  accommodations,  including  charges,  at  the
  prevailing semi-private patient rates, for necessary nursing, laboratory
  tests, X-ray examinations and physical therapy, when  certified  by  the
  superintendent  or  other person in charge of such hospital and approved
  by the fire chief or commissioner, be paid by the  city  in  which  such
  fire department is located.
    Nothing  in  this  section  shall be construed as excluding an injured
  member from being received in a ward accommodation in an  emergency,  if
  semi-private accommodations are not available at a hospital.
    Notwithstanding any provision of law contrary thereto contained herein
  or   elsewhere,  a  cause  of  action  shall  accrue  to  the  city  for
  reimbursement in such sum or sums actually paid for medical or  hospital
  treatment,  as against any third party against whom a member of the fire
  department shall have a cause of action for the injuries sustained.
    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  a  provider  of
  medical  treatment or hospital care furnished pursuant to the provisions
  of this section shall not collect or attempt  to  collect  reimbursement
  for  such  treatment or care from any such member of the fire department
  of any such city.