Bill Text: NY A04720 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires every assisted living facility to have at least one automated external defibrillator on the premises and have in attendance at all times, at least one employee certified in CPR.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A04720 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04720-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4720 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to automated external defibrillator requirements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4656 of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 2 of the laws of 2004, is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read 3 as follows: 4 9. (a) Every assisted living facility licensed under this article 5 shall have on the premises at least one automated external defibrilla- 6 tor, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three 7 thousand-b of this chapter, and shall have in attendance at all times at 8 least one employee who holds a valid certification of completion of a 9 course in the study of the operation of automated external defibrilla- 10 tors and a valid certification of the completion of a course in the 11 training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation provided by a nationally 12 recognized organization or association. The commissioner shall promul- 13 gate regulations to determine the quantity and type deemed to be 14 adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use during emergen- 15 cies taking into account the size and occupancy of each facility and any 16 other matter deemed necessary by the commissioner to effectuate the duty 17 prescribed by this subdivision. Such regulations shall also provide for 18 a phase-in schedule of the duty created by this subdivision. 19 (b) In no instance shall an automated external defibrillator be 20 utilized or cardiopulmonary resuscitation be performed on an assisted 21 living resident who has validly executed an order not to resuscitate, 22 which is on file with the facility. 23 (c) Assisted living facilities and staff pursuant to paragraph (a) of 24 this subdivision shall be deemed a "public access defibrillation provid- 25 er" as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section three EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09051-01-9A. 4720 2 1 thousand-b of this chapter and shall be subject to the requirements and 2 limitations of such section. 3 (d) Pursuant to sections three thousand-a and three thousand-b of this 4 chapter, any public access defibrillation provider, or any employee or 5 other agent of the provider who, in accordance with the provisions of 6 this section, renders emergency medical or first aid treatment using an 7 automated external defibrillator which has been made available pursuant 8 to this section, to a person who is unconscious, ill or injured, shall 9 be liable only pursuant to section three thousand-a of this chapter. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 11 it shall have become a law.
