Assembly Bill A7961

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injector devices

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A7961 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7617
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3000-c, Pub Health L

2023-A7961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injector devices; increases the maximum population size for counties, cities, towns and villages which are permitted to purchase, acquire, possess and use epinephrine auto-injector devices.

2023-A7961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7961
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the emergency  use
   of epinephrine auto-injector devices
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  3000-c  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 194 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i)  an  ambulance  service  or
 advanced  life support first response service; a certified first respon-
 der, firefighter in a COUNTY, city, town or village having a  population
 of  less  than  [one]  TWO  million  PROVIDED  SUCH COUNTY IS NOT WHOLLY
 LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION,  emer-
 gency  medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician, who
 is employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii)  a  chil-
 dren's  overnight camp as defined in subdivision one of section thirteen
 hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a summer  day  camp  as  defined  in
 subdivision  two of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter,
 a traveling summer day camp as defined in subdivision three  of  section
 thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person employed by such
 a  camp;  (iii)  a  school  district,  board  of cooperative educational
 services, county  vocational  education  and  extension  board,  charter
 school,  and non-public elementary and secondary school in this state or
 any person employed by any such entity, or employed by a  contractor  of
 such  an entity while performing services for the entity; (iv) a sports,
 entertainment, amusement, education,  government,  day  care  or  retail
 facility; an educational institution, youth organization or sports leag-
 ue;  an  establishment  that  serves  food; or a person employed by such
 entity; (v) a police officer or peace officer in a COUNTY, city, town or
 village having a population of less than [one] TWO million PROVIDED SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11173-02-3

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