Senate Bill S1968A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S1968 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3798
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3013, add §3019, Pub Health L; amd §§6702, 6703 & 6705, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8837, A7608
2021-2022: S2783, A715

2023-S1968 - Summary

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

2023-S1968 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1968 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1968
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to  authorizing  emergency  medical service personnel to provide basic
   first aid to cats and dogs under certain circumstances

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3013 of the public health law is amended by adding
 three new subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   7. NO CERTIFIED FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR
 ADVANCED  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, NOR ANY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  OR
 ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A
 MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE, WHO, IN THE COURSE OF RESPONDING  TO  AN  EMERGENCY,
 RENDERS  BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION, SHALL
 HAVE ANY CIVIL LIABILITY OR HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING ARTICLE ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  FOR  THE  PROVISION  OF  SUCH
 CARE,  OR  ANY  DAMAGES  TO  OR  DEATH OF ANY DOG OR CAT ALLEGED TO HAVE
 OCCURRED BY REASON OF AN ACT OR OMISSION WHERE SUCH PERSON ACTED REASON-
 ABLY AND IN GOOD FAITH IN RENDERING SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN AN  EMER-
 GENCY.
   8.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY LICENSED
 VETERINARIAN WHO PROVIDES  OFF-SITE  INSTRUCTION,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 THREE  THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, TO ANY CERTIFIED FIRST RESPON-
 DER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNI-
 CIAN  PROVIDING  BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
 DAMAGES FOR INJURIES OR DEATH ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED BY ANY  DOG
 OR  CAT  AS  A  RESULT OF SUCH INSTRUCTION WHERE SUCH VETERINARIAN ACTED
 REASONABLY AND IN GOOD FAITH IN PROVIDING SUCH INSTRUCTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05324-01-3
 S. 1968                             2
 
              

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2023-S1968A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3798
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3013, add §3019, Pub Health L; amd §§6702, 6703 & 6705, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8837, A7608
2021-2022: S2783, A715

2023-S1968A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

2023-S1968A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1968A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1968--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Health --
   recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate  Rule
   6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to authorizing emergency medical service personnel  to  provide  basic
   first aid to cats and dogs under certain circumstances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3013 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 three new subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   7.  NO  CERTIFIED  FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, OR
 ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION
 THREE  THOUSAND  NINETEEN  OF THIS ARTICLE, NOR ANY AMBULANCE SERVICE OR
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE OF WHICH SUCH PERSON  IS  A
 MEMBER  OR  EMPLOYEE,  WHO, IN THE COURSE OF RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY,
 RENDERS BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION,  SHALL
 HAVE ANY CIVIL LIABILITY OR HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING ARTICLE ONE
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-FIVE  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW, FOR THE PROVISION OF SUCH
 CARE, OR ANY DAMAGES TO OR DEATH OF ANY  DOG  OR  CAT  ALLEGED  TO  HAVE
 OCCURRED BY REASON OF AN ACT OR OMISSION WHERE SUCH PERSON ACTED REASON-
 ABLY  AND IN GOOD FAITH IN RENDERING SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN AN EMER-
 GENCY.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY  LICENSED
 VETERINARIAN  WHO  PROVIDES  OFF-SITE  INSTRUCTION,  PURSUANT TO SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND NINETEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, TO ANY CERTIFIED FIRST  RESPON-
 DER,  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNI-
 CIAN PROVIDING BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT SHALL NOT BE  LIABLE  FOR
 DAMAGES  FOR INJURIES OR DEATH ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED BY ANY DOG
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05324-03-4
 S. 1968--A                          2
              

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