Bill Text: NY A01533 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-04 - REFERRED TO RULES [A01533 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A01533-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1533--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, EPSTEIN, HEVESI, McDONALD, SAYEGH, SIMON, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern- mental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability to all firefighters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 156 of the executive law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 23 to read as follows: 3 23. In addition to the requirements of subdivision twenty-two of this 4 section, in coordination with the commissioner of the office for people 5 with developmental disabilities and the chief disability officer, 6 provide minimum basic training related to handling emergency situations 7 involving individuals with any physical and/or developmental disability 8 to all firefighters, both paid and volunteer. The office shall adopt all 9 necessary rules and regulations relating to such training. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05047-02-4
