Bill Text: NY A06042 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6042 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Mandates annual CPR training for police officers, firefighters and first responders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A06042 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06042-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6042
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 13, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, the administrative code of  the  city
         of New York and the public health law, in relation to mandating annual
         cardiopulmonary resuscitation training
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  214-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  214-D.  ANNUAL  CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUSCITATION TRAINING. THE SUPER-
    4  INTENDENT SHALL, FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE STATE POLICE,  PROMULGATE  RULES
    5  AND  REGULATIONS  WITHIN  SIX  MONTHS  AFTER  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
    6  SECTION THAT REQUIRE EVERY MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE  SUBJECT  TO  THIS
    7  ARTICLE  TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TRAINING
    8  ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
    9    S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  158-a  to
   10  read as follows:
   11    S 158-A. ANNUAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TRAINING. THE STATE FIRE
   12  ADMINISTRATOR  SHALL  PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN SIX MONTHS
   13  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION THAT REQUIRE  ALL  FIREFIGHTERS
   14  SUBJECT  TO THIS ARTICLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE CARDIOPULMONARY RESUS-
   15  CITATION TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
   16    S 3. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
   17  adding a new section 14-109.1 to read as follows:
   18    S  14-109.1 ANNUAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TRAINING. THE COMMIS-
   19  SIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITHIN  SIX  MONTHS  AFTER
   20  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION THAT REQUIRE EVERY MEMBER OF THE
   21  POLICE FORCE SUBJECT TO THIS TITLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE CARDIOPULMO-
   22  NARY RESUSCITATION TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
   23    S 4. Section 3052 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
   24  subdivision 6 to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09517-01-3
       A. 6042                             2
    1    6.  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
    2  PERSONNEL SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE  CARDIOPULMONARY
    3  RESUSCITATION TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
    4    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.