Bill Text: NY S03180 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the "automated external defibrillators access act"; requires all public buildings, stadiums, arenas and convention centers in cities with a population of over one million to be equipped with automated external defibrillators; requires employees to be trained in the use of such devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [S03180 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03180-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3180
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the public buildings law and the public health  law,  in
          relation  to  enacting  the  "automated external defibrillators access
          act"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "automated external defibrillators access act".
     3    § 2.  Section 3 of the public buildings law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     5    16. In cities with a population of over one million,  equip,  maintain
     6  and  provide  automated  external defibrillator equipment, as defined in
     7  paragraph (a) of subdivision one of  section  three  thousand-b  of  the
     8  public health law, in quantities deemed adequate by the department. Such
     9  equipment  shall  be  readily accessible for use during medical emergen-
    10  cies. Any information deemed necessary by the commissioner shall  accom-
    11  pany  such  equipment. The commissioner shall establish training courses
    12  by a nationally-recognized organization, as defined in paragraph (d)  of
    13  subdivision  one  of  section three thousand-b of the public health law,
    14  for those individuals whom the commissioner deems shall  be  trained  in
    15  the use of such automated external defibrillator equipment.
    16    §  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3000-e
    17  to read as follows:
    18    § 3000-e. Automated  external  defibrillators;  stadiums,  arenas  and
    19  convention  centers  in cities with a population of over one million. In
    20  cities with a population of over one million, all stadiums,  arenas  and
    21  convention  centers  with  occupancies  of  over  five thousand shall be
    22  equipped with and maintain automated external defibrillators as  defined
    23  in  paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three thousand-b of this
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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