Senate Bill S7424

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires camps and youth sports programs to establish an automated external defibrillator implementation plan

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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-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A366
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3000-f, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10322

2023-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires camps and youth sports programs to establish an automated external defibrillator implementation plan; requires camps and youth sports programs to have at least one person trained to use such defibrillators at camps, games and practices.

2023-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7424
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  camps
   and youth sports programs to establish an automated external defibril-
   lator implementation plan

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 3000-f to read as follows:
   §  3000-F.  AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATOR; CAMPS AND YOUTH SPORTS
 PROGRAMS. 1. DEFINITIONS.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS  THE  CONTEXT
 CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHERWISE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A)   "AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATOR"  MEANS  A  MEDICAL  DEVICE,
 APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, THAT: (I) IS
 CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE IN A PATIENT OF VENTRICU-
 LAR FIBRILLATION AND RAPID VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; (II) IS  CAPABLE  OF
 DETERMINING, WITHOUT INTERVENTION BY AN OPERATOR, WHETHER DEFIBRILLATION
 SHOULD  BE PERFORMED ON A PATIENT; (III) UPON DETERMINING THAT DEFIBRIL-
 LATION SHOULD BE PERFORMED, AUTOMATICALLY CHARGES AND REQUESTS  DELIVERY
 OF  AN  ELECTRICAL  IMPULSE  TO  A  PATIENT'S HEART; AND (IV) THEN, UPON
 ACTION BY AN OPERATOR, DELIVERS AN APPROPRIATE ELECTRICAL IMPULSE  TO  A
 PATIENT'S HEART TO PERFORM DEFIBRILLATION.
   (B)  "TRAINING  COURSE" MEANS A COURSE APPROVED BY A NATIONALLY-RECOG-
 NIZED ORGANIZATION OR THE STATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL  SERVICES  COUNCIL  IN
 THE OPERATION OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.
   (C) "NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION" MEANS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
 APPROVED  BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING PEOPLE IN USE OF
 AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02973-07-3
 S. 7424                             2
 
              

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