Assembly Bill A4782

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory biennial CPR training for home care service workers

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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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2017-A4782 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3604, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8291
2015-2016: A1359
2019-2020: A739
2021-2022: A2090
2023-2024: A406

2017-A4782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to mandatory biennial CPR training for home care service workers.

2017-A4782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4782
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  regu-
   lations  mandating  home  care service workers to receive biennial CPR
   training
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 3604 to read as follows:
   § 3604. MANDATORY CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TRAINING. THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING HOME CARE SERVICE WORKERS
 PROVIDING HOME CARE SERVICES UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  TO  RECEIVE  BIENNIAL
 CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUSCITATION TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. THE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE SUCH TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS TO  BE  MAIN-
 TAINED AS CURRENT PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERI-
 CAN RED CROSS OR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD05446-01-7

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