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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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 least6six regions of the state (including the western New York and capital7regions)] 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 a18municipal ambulance service in cities with a population over oneEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13115-03-9S. 6337--A 2 1million.] 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 annually5thereafter, the commissioner shall report to the legislature on the6impact of the program on the quality of patient care, the effectiveness7of the program in retaining certified emergency medical technicians and8advanced emergency medical technicians, and the feasibility of replacing9the state's certification program with a national certification10program.] 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.