Bill Text: NY A07961 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-08 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A07961 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07961-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7961

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 18, 2023
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        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:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  3000-c  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 194 of the laws of 2021, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i)  an  ambulance  service  or
     5  advanced  life support first response service; a certified first respon-
     6  der, firefighter in a county, city, town or village having a  population
     7  of  less  than  [one]  two  million  provided  such county is not wholly
     8  located within a city with a population of more than one million,  emer-
     9  gency  medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician, who
    10  is employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii)  a  chil-
    11  dren's  overnight camp as defined in subdivision one of section thirteen
    12  hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a summer  day  camp  as  defined  in
    13  subdivision  two of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter,
    14  a traveling summer day camp as defined in subdivision three  of  section
    15  thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person employed by such
    16  a  camp;  (iii)  a  school  district,  board  of cooperative educational
    17  services, county  vocational  education  and  extension  board,  charter
    18  school,  and non-public elementary and secondary school in this state or
    19  any person employed by any such entity, or employed by a  contractor  of
    20  such  an entity while performing services for the entity; (iv) a sports,
    21  entertainment, amusement, education,  government,  day  care  or  retail
    22  facility; an educational institution, youth organization or sports leag-
    23  ue;  an  establishment  that  serves  food; or a person employed by such
    24  entity; (v) a police officer or peace officer in a county, city, town or
    25  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
        A. 7961                             2

     1  county is not wholly located within a city with  a  population  of  more
     2  than  one  million;  (vi) forest rangers, park rangers and environmental
     3  conservation police officers; and  (vii)  any  other  person  or  entity
     4  designated or approved, or in a category designated or approved pursuant
     5  to  regulations of the commissioner in consultation with other appropri-
     6  ate agencies.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.