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                                 9617--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 22, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating
  human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

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

  Section  1.  Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  S 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance,  police  vehicle
or  bicycle,  correction  vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency
vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle,  blood  delivery  vehicle,
HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
environmental  emergency  response  vehicle,  sanitation patrol vehicle,
hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal  vehicle  of
the armed forces of the United States.
  S 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
ter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  S 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
ized  emergency  vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a
sick or injured person,  transporting  prisoners,  delivering  blood  or
blood  products in a situation involving an imminent health risk, TRANS-
PORTING HUMAN ORGANS, HUMAN TISSUE OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE  PURPOSE
OF  ORGAN  RECOVERY  OR TRANSPLANTATION, pursuing an actual or suspected
violator of the law, or responding to, or working or  assisting  at  the
scene  of  an  accident, disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actual or
potential release of hazardous materials or other emergency.   Emergency
operation shall not include returning from such service.
  S  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
117-e to read as follows:
  S 117-E. HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE. ANY VEHICLE WHICH  IS  OPERATED
BY  OR  ON  BEHALF  OF  AN ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY  OF  THE
PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING HUMAN ORGANS,

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

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HUMAN TISSUE, OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORGAN RECOVERY  OR
TRANSPLANTATION  ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.  NO HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE
SHALL BE OPERATED AS AN AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN AN EMER-
GENCY  OPERATION  UNLESS THE DRIVER OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE APPRO-
PRIATE TRAINING FOR  THE  OPERATION  OF  AUTHORIZED  EMERGENCY  VEHICLES
DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.