Bill Text: NY A09357 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the use of epinephrine auto-injector devices.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - substituted by s6800 [A09357 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09357-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9357
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 25, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in relation to the use of
          epinephrine auto-injector devices
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 3000-c of the public health law, as added by chap-
     2  ter 578 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  as  amended
     3  by chapter 424 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     4    §  3000-c.  Epinephrine auto-injector devices. 1. Definitions. As used
     5  in this section:
     6    (a) "Eligible  person[,  firm,  organization,  or  other]  or  entity"
     7  means[,]  (i)  an  ambulance  service  or  advanced  life  support first
     8  response service; a certified first responder, emergency medical techni-
     9  cian, or advanced emergency medical technician, who is employed by or an
    10  enrolled member of any such service; (ii) a children's overnight camp as
    11  defined in subdivision one of section  thirteen  hundred  ninety-two  of
    12  this chapter, a summer day camp as defined in subdivision two of section
    13  thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a traveling summer day camp
    14  as  defined  in subdivision three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two
    15  of this chapter or a person employed by such a camp; [or] (iii) a school
    16  [districts, boards] district, board of cooperative educational services,
    17  county  vocational  education  and  extension  [boards]  board,  charter
    18  [schools]  school,  and  non-public  elementary  and secondary [schools]
    19  school in this state or any person employed by any such entity; or  (iv)
    20  a  sports,  entertainment, amusement, education, government, day care or
    21  retail facility;  an  educational  institution,  youth  organization  or
    22  sports  league;  an establishment that serves food; or a person employed
    23  by such entity; and (v) any other person[, firm, organization] or entity
    24  designated or approved, or in a category designated or approved pursuant
    25  to regulations of the commissioner in consultation with other  appropri-
    26  ate agencies[; and all subject to regulations of the commissioner].
    27    (b) ["Emergency health care provider" means (i) a physician with know-
    28  ledge and experience in the delivery of emergency care; or (ii) a hospi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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