NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2785

Senate Bill S2785

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires small businesses to have and maintain a first aid kit on the premises of the business at all times

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to labor
Jan 25, 2021	referred to labor

2021-S2785 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Add §476, Lab L; amd §201, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6286
2023-2024: S3238

2021-S2785 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires small businesses to have and maintain a first aid kit on the premises of the business at all times and to store such kits in an accessible location and to make such kits available for use by any person who enters the premises of the business.

2021-S2785 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2785

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law and the public health law, in relation to
requiring small businesses to have and maintain a first aid kit on the
premises of the business at all times

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require first aid kits to be on premises and available
at all small businesses. The existence of such kits would be checked
during core enforcements currently done.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill would amend the labor law by adding a new section 476 to
require small businesses (those with 50 employees of less) to maintain
and store in easily accessible location a first aid kit.

The bill would also amend the public health law section 201 by adding a

new paragraph (w) to require that compliance with requiring the first
aid kit is checked during regular health or safety inspections of the
building and business.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The brutal murder of 15 year-old boy in the Bronx, which was caught on
video, has left the community and New York City stunned. There are seri-
ous concerns with the ability to provide help to "Junior" by the employ-
ees of business where he sought help before and after the gang attack
that killed him. Community leaders and the victim's family unveiled
several proposals to address such situations, one of this is this one.

We need to ensure that businesses are equipped to help those who are
injured to save lives.

With proliferation of gangs throughout our state we need to take proac-
tive steps to ensure youth safety.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.6286 of 2019-2020; Referred to Labor

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate

2021-S2785 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2785
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT to amend the labor law and the public health law, in relation to
   requiring small businesses to have and maintain a first aid kit on the
   premises of the business at all times

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  labor  law is amended by adding a new section 476 to
 read as follows:
   § 476. FIRST AID KITS IN SMALL BUSINESSES. ALL BUSINESSES  WITH  FIFTY
 OR  LESS  EMPLOYEES SHALL PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN ON THE PREMISES
 AT ALL TIMES, A COMPLETE FIRST AID KIT  CONTAINING  ALL  THAT  EQUIPMENT
 REASONABLY  CALCULATED  TO  PROVIDE  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  AID  TO INJURED
 PERSONS. SUCH FIRST AID KITS SHALL BE STORED  IN  A  READILY  ACCESSIBLE
 LOCATION  AND AVAILABLE FOR USE BY ANY PERSON WHO ENTERS THE PREMISES OF
 THE BUSINESS.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph (y) to read as follows:
   (Y)  SUPERVISE AND REGULATE COMPLIANCE WITH FIRST AID KIT REQUIREMENTS
 PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX  OF  THE  LABOR  LAW.  SUCH
 COMPLIANCE  SHALL BE VISUALLY CONFIRMED AND OBSERVED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 ANY OTHER HEALTH OR SAFETY INSPECTION PERFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR  BY
 CODE  ENFORCEMENT  PERSONNEL, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TY-SIX-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF COMPLIANCE  IS
 CONFIRMED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, SUCH PERSONNEL SHALL NOTIFY THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  COMPLIANCE  WITH SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE
 LABOR LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05514-01-1

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