S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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431
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
to the provision of hazardous materials emergency response training to
emergency medical services personnel employed by a fire department
operating within a city with a population of more than one million
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 3005-c to read as follows:
3 S 3005-C. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING. 1. BEGIN-
4 NING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, THE DEPARTMENT, IN COOPER-
5 ATION WITH THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR, SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE HAZARDOUS
6 MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING, PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAM ESTAB-
7 LISHED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, FOR ALL
8 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OPER-
9 ATING WITHIN A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
10 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INFORM ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSON-
11 NEL COVERED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
12 AND AVAILABILITY OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING
13 PROGRAM.
14 3. FUNDING FOR THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED
15 BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-Q OF THE STATE
16 FINANCE LAW.
17 S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 156-a of the executive law, as amended
18 by section 1 of part D of chapter 1 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
19 read as follows:
20 1. (A) The state fire administrator shall, in his or her discretion,
21 consult with the [fire fighting and code enforcement personnel standards
22 and education commission established pursuant to section one hundred
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03471-01-1
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1 fifty-nine-a] ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ESTAB-
2 LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE of this article, to
3 establish a specialized hazardous materials emergency response training
4 program for individuals responsible for providing emergency response
5 recovery following incidents involving hazardous materials as defined in
6 accordance with section fourteen-f of the transportation law. The state
7 fire administrator shall inform all fire companies, municipal corpo-
8 rations and districts, including agencies and departments thereof and
9 all firefighters, both paid and volunteer, and related officers and
10 employees and police officers of the implementation and availability of
11 the hazardous materials emergency response training program and shall,
12 subject to the availability of an appropriation, conduct such training
13 with sufficient frequency to assure adequate response to incidents
14 involving hazardous materials and protection of responders in all
15 geographic areas of the state.
16 (B) THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER
17 OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIALIZED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY
18 RESPONSE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL
19 PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND FIVE-C OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
20 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.