Bill Text: NY S00280 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises and on restaurant premises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00280 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00280-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           280
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
          presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on  pre-school  premises
          and on restaurant premises
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  3000-c  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 2016, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) "Eligible person or entity" means  (i)  an  ambulance  service  or
     5  advanced  life support first response service; a certified first respon-
     6  der, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical techni-
     7  cian, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii)
     8  a children's overnight camp as defined in  subdivision  one  of  section
     9  thirteen  hundred  ninety-two  of  this  chapter,  a  summer day camp as
    10  defined in subdivision two of section  thirteen  hundred  ninety-two  of
    11  this  chapter,  a  traveling  summer  day camp as defined in subdivision
    12  three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person
    13  employed by such a camp; (iii) a school district, board  of  cooperative
    14  educational  services,  county vocational education and extension board,
    15  charter school, and non-public elementary and secondary school  in  this
    16  state  or  any  person  employed by any such entity; [or] (iv) a sports,
    17  entertainment, amusement, education,  government,  day  care  or  retail
    18  facility; an educational institution, youth organization or sports leag-
    19  ue;  an  establishment  that  serves  food; or a person employed by such
    20  entity; [and] (v) pre-school facilities; (vi) restaurants; and (vii) any
    21  other person or entity designated or approved, or in a  category  desig-
    22  nated or approved pursuant to regulations of the commissioner in consul-
    23  tation with other appropriate agencies.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     2  have become a law; provided, however, that if chapter 373 of the laws of
     3  2016 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then section one
     4  of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
     5  such chapter of the laws of 2016 takes effect.