Bill Text: NY S03247 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes certain law enforcement officers and firefighters to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-12-12 - SIGNED CHAP.633 [S03247 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03247-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3247--B Cal. No. 146 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, TEDISCO, BIAGGI, BOYLE, JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing certain law enforcement officers and firefighters to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device 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 "Gio's Law". 3 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the public 4 health law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 2017, is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or 7 advanced life support first response service; a certified first respon- 8 der, firefighter in a city, town or village having a population of less 9 than one million, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency 10 medical technician, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such 11 service; (ii) a children's overnight camp as defined in subdivision one 12 of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day 13 camp as defined in subdivision two of section thirteen hundred ninety- 14 two of this chapter, a traveling summer day camp as defined in subdivi- 15 sion three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a 16 person employed by such a camp; (iii) a school district, board of coop- 17 erative educational services, county vocational education and extension 18 board, charter school, and non-public elementary and secondary school in EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01840-07-9S. 3247--B 2 1 this state or any person employed by any such entity, or employed by a 2 contractor of such an entity while performing services for the entity; 3 [or] (iv) a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government, day 4 care or retail facility; an educational institution, youth organization 5 or sports league; an establishment that serves food; or a person 6 employed by such entity; [and] (v) a police officer or peace officer in 7 a city, town or village having a population of less than one million; 8 and (vi) any other person or entity designated or approved, or in a 9 category designated or approved pursuant to regulations of the commis- 10 sioner in consultation with other appropriate agencies. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or 13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before 15 such date.
