NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3851

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
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2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§101 & 114-b, add §117-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7013
2017-2018: S2162
2019-2020: S1422

2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3851

SPONSOR: SERINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating
human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

 
PURPOSE:

To define human organ delivery vehicles and their operation and to
designate them as an authorized emergency vehicle.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section 101 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add
human organ delivery vehicles to the list of authorized emergency vehi-
cles.

Section 2: Amends section 114-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add
transporting human organs, human tissue, or medical personnel for the

purpose of organ recovery or transplantation in a situation involving an
imminent health risk to the definition of emergency operation.

Section 3: Adds a new section 117-e to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
define human organ delivery vehicles and to require that any driver of
such vehicles has appropriate training in order to operate it as an
authorized emergency vehicle. It also requires that any such vehicle is
operated by or on behalf of an organ procurement organization, as
defined in the Public Health Law.

Section 4: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Time is of the essence when transporting organs for emergencies, and
ambulance services are not necessarily always available in time when
needed. Under current New York State law, the options for transporting
organs are too narrow, and need to be expanded so that more vehicles can
serve this critical role. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Illinois define
organ transplant vehicles and include them in their list of authorized
emergency vehicles. When lives are on the line and every second matters,
it is important that New York State does everything we can to ensure
that we have the means and the resources to address any emergency. By
allowing for a broader range of vehicles to serve this role, and which
as authorized emergency vehicles could be fitted with lights and sirens
to help navigate through traffic, we will be helping medical transport
teams operate within the sensitive time frames they encounter, which in
turn saves lives.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.1422 Referred to Transportation

2017-18: S.2162A Passed Senate

2016: S.7013-A Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3851
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SERINO,  O'MARA, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, HELMING -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating
   human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   § 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance,  police  vehicle
 or  bicycle,  correction  vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency
 vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle,  blood  delivery  vehicle,
 HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
 environmental  emergency  response  vehicle,  sanitation patrol vehicle,
 hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal  vehicle  of
 the armed forces of the United States.
   § 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 ter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
 ized  emergency  vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a
 sick or injured person,  transporting  prisoners,  delivering  blood  or
 blood  products in a situation involving an imminent health risk, TRANS-
 PORTING HUMAN ORGANS, HUMAN TISSUE OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE  PURPOSE
 OF  ORGAN  RECOVERY OR TRANSPLANTATION IN A SITUATION INVOLVING AN IMMI-
 NENT HEALTH RISK, pursuing an actual or suspected violator of  the  law,
 or  responding  to, or working or assisting at the scene of an accident,
 disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actual  or  potential  release  of
 hazardous  materials  or other emergency.  Emergency operation shall not
 include returning from such service.
   § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 117-e to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02655-02-1

 S. 3851                             2
 
   §  117-E.  HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE. ANY VEHICLE WHICH IS OPERATED
 BY OR ON BEHALF OF AN ORGAN  PROCUREMENT  ORGANIZATION,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  SECTION  FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF  TRANSPORTING  HUMAN  ORGANS,
 HUMAN  TISSUE, OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORGAN RECOVERY OR
 TRANSPLANTATION ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.  NO HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY  VEHICLE
 SHALL BE OPERATED AS AN AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN AN EMER-
 GENCY  OPERATION  UNLESS THE DRIVER OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE APPRO-
 PRIATE TRAINING FOR  THE  OPERATION  OF  AUTHORIZED  EMERGENCY  VEHICLES
 DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Sponsored By

Susan Serino

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

Thomas F. O'Mara

Phil Boyle

Patrick M. Gallivan

Pamela Helming

2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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