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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S760
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S760 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S760 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S760 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service PURPOSE : This bill provides that a municipality or a fire district acting on behalf of a municipality, and acting through its local legislative body, is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances, or resolutions to establish and operate advanced life support first response services or municipal ambulance services within the municipality or fire district when they meet or exceed all standards set by the department for appropriate training, staffing, and equipment and upon filing with the New York State Emergency Medical Services Council, a written request for such authorization. Upon filing, the municipal pal advanced life-support first responder service or municipal ambulance service shall be deemed to have fulfilled all the requirements for a determination of public need for two years. At the conclusion of the two-year period this bill would require the Commissioner of Health to approve a subsequent application for permanent operating authority unless the municipality or fire district failed to meet the appropriate standards set by the
2017-S760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 760 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 3008 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (b) [In the case of an application for certification pursuant to this subdivision, for a municipal advanced life support or municipal ambu- lance service, to serve the area within the municipality, where the proposed service meets or exceeds the appropriate training, staffing and equipment standards, there shall be a strong presumption in favor of approving the application.] Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any [city with a population of fourteen thousand seven hundred or sixty-two thousand two hundred thirty-five, according to the two thousand ten federal decennial census, or fire district acting on behalf of any such city, that] MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THIS STATE, OR FIRE DISTRICT ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH MUNICIPALITY, WHICH applies for permanent certification pursuant to this [section] SUBDIVISION at the conclusion of the two year period [provided in] CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF this subdivision, shall not be required to apply to its regional emergency medical services council [or the state emergency medical services coun- cil] for a determination of need, and the application shall be submitted to and SUCH APPLICATION FOR A MUNICIPAL ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT OR MUNICI- PAL AMBULANCE SERVICE TO SERVE THE AREA WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE approved by the commissioner unless the [commissioner finds that the municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service has] PROVISION OF SERVICES HAVE failed to meet the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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