Bill Text: NY A09943 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the provision of municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-10-03 - signed chap.464 [A09943 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9943
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 26, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of
         municipal advanced life support first responder service  or  municipal
         ambulance service
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3008 of the public health law,  as
    2  added by chapter 510 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    3    7. [(a)] Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the
    4  provisions  of this article, any municipality within this state, or fire
    5  district acting on behalf of any such municipality, and  acting  through
    6  its  local legislative body, is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt
    7  and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions to establish and operate
    8  advanced life support first responder services  or  municipal  ambulance
    9  services  within  the municipality, upon meeting or exceeding all stand-
   10  ards set by the department for appropriate training, staffing and equip-
   11  ment, and upon filing with the New York state emergency medical services
   12  council, a written request for such  authorization.  Upon  such  filing,
   13  such  municipal advanced life support first responder service or munici-
   14  pal ambulance service shall be deemed to  have  satisfied  any  and  all
   15  requirements  for  determination of public need for the establishment of
   16  additional emergency medical services pursuant to this  article  [for  a
   17  period  of two years following the date of such filing]. Nothing in this
   18  article shall be deemed to exclude the municipal advanced  life  support
   19  first  responder service or municipal ambulance service authorized to be
   20  established and operated pursuant to this article  from  complying  with
   21  any other requirement or provision of this article or any other applica-
   22  ble provision of law.
   23    [(b)  In the case of an application for certification pursuant to this
   24  subdivision, for a municipal advanced life support  or  municipal  ambu-
   25  lance  service,  to  serve  the  area within the municipality, where the
   26  proposed service meets or exceeds the appropriate training, staffing and
   27  equipment standards, there shall be a strong  presumption  in  favor  of
   28  approving the application.]
   29    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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