Senate Bill S4758

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first responders

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

  • 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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2025-S4758 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1828
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3001, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8235, A10293
2021-2022: S5154, A3782, A5966
2023-2024: S2373, A7151

2025-S4758 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first responders.

2025-S4758 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4758 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4758
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BAILEY, HARCKHAM, HELMING, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MATTERA,
   OBERACKER, PALUMBO, SKOUFIS, STEC, TEDISCO -- 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 designating
   certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first
   responders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 3001 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 804 of the laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5. "Certified first responder" means an individual who meets the mini-
 mum  requirements  established  by regulations pursuant to section three
 thousand two of this article and who is responsible  for  administration
 of  initial  life  saving  care  of  sick and injured persons, AND SHALL
 INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY OPER-
 ATORS, EMERGENCY COMPLAINT OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCHERS,
 WHO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SERVICES WITHIN POLICE  AND  SHERIFF'S
 DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04213-01-5

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