Bill Text: NJ S2661 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that Good Samaritans are not required to pay for ambulance service if injured while rendering emergency care.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-10 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2661 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2661-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2661

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 7, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator  NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Bateman

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides that Good Samaritans are not required to pay for ambulance service if injured while rendering emergency care.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee on November 10, 2016, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning ambulance services provided to certain individuals and supplementing P.L.1963, c.140 (C.2A:62A-1 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Any person¹[,]¹ who ¹[would qualify as being] is¹ afforded immunity from civil liability under section 1 of P.L.1963, c.140 (C.2A:62A-1), section 5 of P.L.1996, c.115 (C.2A:62A-1.1), section 1 of P.L.1998, c.101 (C.2A:62A-1.2), or section 10 of P.L.2004, c.17 (C.2A:62A-1.3) ¹[,]¹ and who receives ambulance service as the result of an injury incurred while rendering or attempting to render care at the scene of an accident or emergency to ¹[the] any¹ victim ¹[or victims thereof]¹, or while transporting ¹[the] any¹ victim ¹[or victims thereof]¹ to a hospital or other facility where treatment or care is to be rendered, shall not be required to pay the cost for ¹[such] the¹ ambulance service.

     b.    For the purposes of this section, "ambulance service" means the provision of emergency health care services, basic life support services, advanced life support services, critical care services, mobile intensive care services, or emergency medical transportation in a vehicle that is licensed, equipped, and staffed in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Commissioner of Health.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.