NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6357

Senate Bill S6357

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires certain health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff, members and guests

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2018	committed to rules
May 07, 2018	advanced to third reading
May 02, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 01, 2018	1st report cal.937
Jan 03, 2018	referred to consumer protection
May 11, 2017	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- May 1, 2018 - Consumer Protection Committee Vote
  S6357
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Consumer Protection Committee Vote: May 1, 2018
      
      aye (11)
      
      Amedore
      
      Boyle
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Funke
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Robach
      
      Serrano

2017-S6357 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A11110
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §627-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A2338
2021-2022: A744

2017-S6357 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health clubs with a membership of 50 or more to have at least 1 automated external defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff, members and guests.

2017-S6357 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6357

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the general business law, in
relation to the requirement that certain health clubs shall have at
least one automated external defibrillator available upon the premises

 PURPOSE :

To help ensure the health and safety of patrons of health clubs by
requiring certain health clubs to have at least one automated external
defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff,
members and guests.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one amends section 627-a of the General Business Law to
require health clubs with fifty members or more to have at least one
automated external defibrillator on the premise in a manner that
provides obvious and ready accessibility to staff, members, and guest.

Section two provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The bill would require health clubs with fifty members or more to have
at least one AED on the premises and ensure that the AED is available

in a manner that provides obvious and ready accessibility to staff,
members and guests. This requirement would ensure a higher level of
safety for thousands of individuals who belong to health clubs.

The cost of AEDs has decreased since this law was originally enacted
and as a result, it is pertinent to the health and safety of New York
residents who use health clubs are afforded AEDs, if needed.
Moreover, AEDs have become increasingly user friendly and easy to use.
Over the last ten years the number of health clubs in New York State
has also increased which is why it is crucial to lower the membership
requirement to 50 persons for a health club to be required to have an
AED on its premise. Because health clubs are places where individuals
raise their heart rates through physical exercise, the chance of
cardiac arrest increases.

In recognition of the increasing risk of cardiac arrest at health
clubs and the effectiveness of readily accessible automated external
defibrillators in saving lives, it is in the best interest to require
health clubs with fifty members or more to have an AED on their
premises as having an AED on hand could save a life.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after
enactment.

2017-S6357 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6357
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the requirement
   that certain health clubs shall have at least one  automated  external
   defibrillator available upon the premises

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 627-a of the general business law,
 as amended by chapter 31 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Every  health club as defined under paragraph b of subdivision one
 of section three thousand-d of the public health law whose membership is
 [five hundred] FIFTY persons or more shall have AVAILABLE on  the  prem-
 ises IN A MANNER THAT PROVIDES OBVIOUS AND READY ACCESSIBILITY TO STAFF,
 MEMBERS  AND  GUESTS  at  least one automated external defibrillator and
 shall have in attendance, at all times during staffed business hours, at
 least one individual performing employment or individual  acting  as  an
 authorized  volunteer who holds a valid certification of completion of a
 course in the study of the operation of AEDs and a  valid  certification
 of  the completion of a course in the training of cardiopulmonary resus-
 citation provided by a nationally  recognized  organization  or  associ-
 ation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11751-02-7

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