Assembly Bill A2726

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires dialysis center disaster preparedness plans

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2726 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง23-d, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9374
2017-2018: A4303
2019-2020: A6440

2015-A2726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires facilities offering dialysis services to have an alternate generated power source for use during a general power outage or disaster emergency.

2015-A2726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2726

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, CRESPO -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to dialysis center disas-
  ter preparedness plans

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 23-d
to read as follows:
  S 23-D. FACILITIES OFFERING DIALYSIS SERVICES. ALL FACILITIES OFFERING
DIALYSIS SERVICES SHALL HAVE AN ALTERNATE GENERATED  POWER  SOURCE.  FOR
THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION "ALTERNATE GENERATED POWER SOURCE" MEANS
ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT THAT IS OF A CAPACITY THAT IS  CAPABLE  OF
PROVIDING  ADEQUATE  ELECTRICITY  TO  OPERATE ALL EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO
PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH DIALYSIS SERVICES WHICH CAN OPERATE INDEPENDENT
OF THE LOCAL ELECTRIC UTILITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND PROVIDE  ELECTRIC-
ITY  DURING A GENERAL POWER OUTAGE OR DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSU-
ANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01686-01-5


              

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