Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 05, 2022 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A10179
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SILLITTI
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2021-A10179 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A10179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10179 I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sillitti) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to provid- ing a testimonial privilege to critical incident stress management/crisis response/peer support team members concerning commu- nications made during critical incident stress management/crisis response services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new section 4508-a to read as follows: § 4508-A. CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE/PEER SUPPORT TEAM MEMBER. (A) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDER" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL WORKING OR VOLUNTEERING IN THE FOLLOWING SERVICE CAPACITIES; LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE- FIGHTING, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, COMMUNICATIONS/DISPATCH SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, DISASTER/EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND DISASTER RESPONDERS. 2. "CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES/PEER SUPPORT" MEANS CONTACT WITH A TRAINED MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WHO PROVIDES INTERVENTION, SUPPORT, CONSULTATION, RISK ASSESSMENT, REFERRAL AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES. 3. "A TRAINED MEMBER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE/PEER SUPPORT AND OFFERS SERVICES AS PART OF AN ORGANIZED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. 4. "CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE/PEER SUPPORT" MEANS A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, STRATEGIC AND MULTI-COMPONENT APPROACH TO MANAGE CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DURING AND FOLLOWING INCI- DENTS AND/OR FOR ANY ISSUE THAT MAY IMPACT WORK AND FAMILY LIFE. CRIT- ICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT/CRISIS RESPONSE/PEER SUPPORT SERVICES MAY INCLUDE: (A) PRE-INCIDENT EDUCATION AND PREPARATION; (B) ASSESSMENT; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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