Bill Text: NY A03062 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3062 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to insurance and protocols for ambulance services.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A03062 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03062-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3062
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, STECK, L. ROSENTHAL, MOSLEY, ARROYO,
          PALUMBO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE, COOK, CROUCH,  DILAN,
          RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to insurance and
          protocols for ambulance services
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Jimmy's Law".
     2    §  2. Section 3005 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
     3  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     4    9. On or after  January  first,  two  thousand  twenty,  no  ambulance
     5  service  shall  operate  in  the state of New York unless it possesses a
     6  valid certificate of insurance that is in compliance with the provisions
     7  of section three thousand thirteen-a of this article.
     8    § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  3013-a
     9  to read as follows:
    10    §  3013-a. Minimum liability standards for ambulance services. 1.  For
    11  the purposes of this section "medical malpractice insurance" shall  mean
    12  insurance  against  legal  liability  of  the insured, and against loss,
    13  damage, or expense incident to a claim of such liability arising out  of
    14  the  death  or  injury  of  any person due to medical malpractice by any
    15  emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician,  or
    16  qualified medical and health personnel.
    17    2.  All  operators of an ambulance service must maintain the following
    18  minimum medical malpractice insurance requirements:
    19    (a) at least one million dollars of coverage per occurrence; and
    20    (b) at least three million dollars of coverage for all occurrences per
    21  policy year.
    22    3. The operator shall provide proof of insurance to  the  commissioner
    23  prior  to  obtaining an ambulance service certificate or upon renewal of
    24  an ambulance certificate.
    25    § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06160-01-9