Assembly Bill A5371

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires 911 call-takers and dispatchers to complete CPR training

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §328, County L; add §10-187, NYC Ad Cd

2025-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires 911 call-takers and dispatchers to complete CPR training which shall include recognizing signs of cardiac arrest during emergency calls, providing instructions for initiating CPR to callers, coordinating with emergency medical services dispatch, and using automated external defibrillators when available and appropriate.

2025-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5371
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, CUNNINGHAM, GLICK, SANTABARBARA, SAYEGH,
   SHIMSKY, STECK, TAPIA, K. BROWN --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the county law and the administrative code of the city
   of New York, in relation to requiring CPR training for 911 call-takers
   and dispatchers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  328 of the county law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "CPR" OR  "CARDIOPULMO-
 NARY  RESUSCITATION"  SHALL  MEAN  MEASURES, AS SPECIFIED IN REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,  TO  RESTORE  FUNCTION  OR
 SUPPORT VENTILATION IN THE EVENT OF A CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY ARREST. CPR
 SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE MEASURES TO IMPROVE VENTILATION AND CARDIAC FUNCTION
 IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ARREST.
   (B) THE BOARD SHALL REQUIRE THAT ALL 911 CALL-TAKERS  AND  DISPATCHERS
 COMPLETE  CPR TRAINING AND AN ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP TRAINING. SUCH CPR TRAIN-
 ING SHALL FOLLOW NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GUIDELINES AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
   (1) RECOGNIZING SIGNS OF CARDIAC ARREST DURING EMERGENCY CALLS;
   (2) PROVIDING STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR INITIATING CPR TO CALLERS;
   (3) COORDINATING WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES  DISPATCH  TO  ENSURE
 TIMELY ARRIVAL OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; AND
   (4)  USING AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS WHEN AVAILABLE AND APPRO-
 PRIATE.
   (C) ALL 911 CALL-TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS EMPLOYED BEFORE THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL COMPLETE SUCH CPR TRAINING WITHIN TWELVE
 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND  SHALL  COMPLETE  A
 FOLLOW-UP   TRAINING   ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER.  ALL  911  CALL-TAKERS  AND
 DISPATCHERS HIRED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00863-01-5

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