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

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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]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3180
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2015
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       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    S 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    S  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3000-e
   17  to read as follows:
   18    S 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.
                                                                  LBD00745-01-5
       S. 3180                             2
    1  ARTICLE. EMPLOYEES OF SUCH STADIUMS, ARENAS OR CONVENTION CENTERS  SHALL
    2  BE  TRAINED BY A NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN PARA-
    3  GRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF  THIS  ARTI-
    4  CLE.  THE  OWNERS  OR  OPERATORS  OF SUCH STADIUMS, ARENAS OR CONVENTION
    5  CENTERS SHALL PROVIDE SUCH AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS IN  QUANTI-
    6  TIES DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH EQUIPMENT SHALL BE READ-
    7  ILY  ACCESSIBLE  FOR  USE  DURING  MEDICAL  EMERGENCIES. ANY INFORMATION
    8  DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ACCOMPANY SUCH EQUIPMENT.
    9    S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   10  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   11  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   12  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
   13  before such effective date.