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Senate Bill S4937
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S4937 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S4937 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4937 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to assault of certain persons providing direct patient care PURPOSE OF GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To classify assault on a person providing direct patient care as an assault in the second degree under section 120.05 of the Penal law. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends Subdivisions 3 and11 of section 120.05 of the penal law to include assaults on persons providing direct patient care. A person providing direct patient care is defined as any direct-care staff who is not a nurse pursuant to title eight of the education law whose principal responsibility is to carry out direct patient care for one or more patients in a variety of health care settings. JUSTIFICATION: Current law provides the protections afforded in this bill to a variety of professions, ranging from registered nurses to firefighters, emergency medical technicians and even sanitation enforcement agents. This bill seeks to apply the same standards to
2011-S4937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4937 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assault of certain persons providing direct patient care THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as separately amended by chapters 318 and 345 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows: 3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, regis- tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, a firefighter, including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid in the course of performance of duty as such firefighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department, a city marshal, a traffic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, from performing a lawful duty, by means including releasing or failing to control an animal under circum- stances evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity of such peace officer, police officer, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, firefighter, paramedic, technician, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, he or she causes physical injury to such peace officer, police officer, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, sanitation enforcement agent, firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department, city marshal, traffic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, OR TO ANY DIRECT-CARE STAFF WHO IS NOT A NURSE PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW WHOSE PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CARRY OUT DIRECT PATIENT CARE FOR ONE OR MORE PATIENTS OR PROVIDES DIRECT ASSISTANCE IN THE DELIVERY OF PATIENT CARE IN ANY HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, RESIDENTIAL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09556-01-1
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