Bill Text: NY A05280 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the Elmsford fire department and the Hastings-on-Hudson fire department may each establish fees and charges for emergency services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to local governments [A05280 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A05280-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5280 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in relation to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 209-b of the general municipal 2 law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 4. Fees and charges [prohibited] authorized. Emergency and general 5 ambulance service, including emergency medical service as defined in 6 section three thousand one of the public health law, authorized pursuant 7 to this section [shall] may be furnished without cost to the person 8 served; provided, however, that the Elmsford fire department and the 9 Hastings-on-Hudson fire department are authorized to provide such 10 service or services and may fix a schedule of fees or charges to be paid 11 by persons requesting such service or services. Both the Elmsford fire 12 department and the Hastings-on-Hudson fire department may provide for 13 the collection of fees and charges or may formulate rules and regu- 14 lations for the collection thereof by such fire department. The accept- 15 ance by any firefighter of any personal remuneration or gratuity, 16 directly or indirectly, from a person served shall be a ground for his 17 or her expulsion or suspension as a member of the fire department or 18 fire company. 19 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general 20 municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 (e) [No] A contract [shall] may be entered into pursuant to the 23 provisions of this section for the services of an emergency rescue and 24 first aid squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01095-01-1A. 5280 2 1 the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the general municipal2law] this chapter; 3 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 184 of the town law, as amended by chap- 4 ter 599 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 5 1. Whenever the town board shall have established or extended a fire 6 protection district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the town 7 board shall provide for the furnishing of fire protection within the 8 district and for that purpose may (a) contract with any city, village, 9 fire district or incorporated fire company maintaining adequate and 10 suitable apparatus and appliances for the furnishing of fire protection 11 in such district or (b) may acquire by gift or purchase such apparatus 12 and appliances for use in such district and may contract with any city, 13 village, fire district or incorporated fire company for operation, main- 14 tenance, and repair of the same and for the furnishing of fire 15 protection in such district, or both. The contract may also provide for 16 the furnishing of (1) emergency service in case of accidents, calamities 17 or other emergencies in connection with which the services of firefight- 18 ers would be required and (2) general ambulance service subject, howev- 19 er, to the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of the general 20 municipal law. In the event that the fire department or fire company 21 furnishing fire protection within the district pursuant to contract does 22 not maintain and operate an ambulance then a separate contract may be 23 made for the furnishing within the district of emergency ambulance 24 service or general ambulance service, or both, with any city, village or 25 fire district the fire department of which, or with an incorporated fire 26 company having its headquarters outside the district which, maintains 27 and operates an ambulance subject, however, in the case of general ambu- 28 lance service, to the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of the 29 general municipal law, or with an ambulance service, certified or regis- 30 tered pursuant to article thirty of the public health law[, which is not31organized under the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of the32general municipal law]. Any such contract with any such ambulance 33 service permitted herein shall be subject to the provisions of this 34 section. 35 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 36 have become a law.
