Assembly Bill A6584

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to sleep apnea testing for locomotive engineers

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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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2019-A6584 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S136
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Railroad Law
Laws Affected:
Add §97-b, Rail L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S7699

2019-A6584 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sleep apnea testing for locomotive engineers who operate an intrastate locomotive in New York; further requires written documentation of compliance.

2019-A6584 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6584
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the railroad law, in relation to sleep apnea testing for
   locomotive engineers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The railroad law is amended by adding a new section 97-b to
 read as follows:
   §  97-B.  MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. 1. TO OPERATE AN INTRASTATE LOCOMOTIVE
 IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS SHALL BE REQUIRED AS PART
 OF THEIR CURRENT TRAINING TO BE SCREENED FOR SLEEP APNEA, AS DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  NINE  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
 LAW, BY A PHYSICIAN,  A  CERTIFIED  NURSE  PRACTITIONER  TO  THE  EXTENT
 AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW  AND  CONSISTENT  WITH  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
 SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR A  REGISTERED  PHYSICIAN
 ASSISTANT  WHO  IS  NOT  THE  PERSONAL  PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR
 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER.
   2. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR  SLEEP  APNEA  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED  BY  THEIR  EMPLOYER TO ATTAIN DOCUMENTATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH
 TREATMENT FOR SLEEP APNEA AS QUALIFICATION TO BE EMPLOYED AS  A  LOCOMO-
 TIVE ENGINEER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05338-01-9

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