Bill Text: NY S06337 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Includes certified first responders in a program relating to recertification of persons providing emergency medical care and removes the designation of such program as a pilot or demonstration program; and extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to recertification of persons providing emergency medical care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-03 - SIGNED CHAP.87 [S06337 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06337-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6337--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 5, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to include certified
          first responders in a program relating to recertification  of  persons
          providing  emergency medical care and removing the designation of such
          program as a pilot or demonstration program; and to amend chapter  459
          of the laws of 1996, amending the public health law relating to recer-
          tification of persons providing emergency medical care, in relation to
          the effectiveness thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2-b of section 3002 of the public  health  law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  459  of  the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2-b. The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  state  emergency
     5  medical  services  council, shall develop a [pilot] program [in at least
     6  six regions of the state (including the western  New  York  and  capital
     7  regions)] to allow certified first responders, emergency medical techni-
     8  cians  and  advanced  emergency  medical  technicians  who  have been in
     9  continuous practice, who  have  demonstrated  competence  in  applicable
    10  behavioral   and  performance  objectives,  and  who  have  demonstrated
    11  completion of appropriate continuing education, to renew  their  certif-
    12  ication  under  subdivision  two  of  this section without requiring the
    13  completion of a written examination. In implementing this  program,  the
    14  commissioner  shall contract with and use the standards established by a
    15  nationally  recognized  organization  that  certifies  certified   first
    16  responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical
    17  technicians.  [However,  no  pilot  program shall include employees of a
    18  municipal ambulance  service  in  cities  with  a  population  over  one

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13115-03-9

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     1  million.]  Renewals  of  certification under the [demonstration] program
     2  shall be deemed equivalent to renewals under  subdivision  two  of  this
     3  section for purposes of this article.
     4    [Within  one year of developing the demonstration program and annually
     5  thereafter, the commissioner shall report  to  the  legislature  on  the
     6  impact  of the program on the quality of patient care, the effectiveness
     7  of the program in retaining certified emergency medical technicians  and
     8  advanced emergency medical technicians, and the feasibility of replacing
     9  the   state's   certification  program  with  a  national  certification
    10  program.]
    11    § 2. Section 2 of chapter 459 of the laws of 1996, amending the public
    12  health law relating to recertification of  persons  providing  emergency
    13  medical  care,  as  amended by section 26 of part D of chapter 57 of the
    14  laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    16  deemed repealed July 1, [2019] 2021.
    17    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    18  the amendments to subdivision 2-b of section 3002 of the  public  health
    19  law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    20  subdivision, and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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