N.Y. General Municipal Law § 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.