Bill Text: NY S06515 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the provision of municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-05 - PRINT NUMBER 6515A [S06515 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06515-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6515--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 31, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sens. LITTLE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, LIBOUS -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  provision  of
         municipal  advanced  life support first responder service or municipal
         ambulance service
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  7 of section 3008 of the
    2  public health law, as amended by chapter 464 of the  laws  of  2012,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (b)  [In the case of an application for certification pursuant to this
    5  subdivision, for a municipal advanced life support  or  municipal  ambu-
    6  lance  service,  to  serve  the  area within the municipality, where the
    7  proposed service meets or exceeds the appropriate training, staffing and
    8  equipment standards, there shall be a strong  presumption  in  favor  of
    9  approving  the application.] Notwithstanding any other provision of this
   10  article, any [city with a population of fourteen thousand seven  hundred
   11  or  sixty-two  thousand  two  hundred  thirty-five, according to the two
   12  thousand ten federal decennial census, or fire district acting on behalf
   13  of any such city, that] MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THIS STATE, OR FIRE DISTRICT
   14  ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH MUNICIPALITY, WHICH applies  for  permanent
   15  certification  pursuant  to this [section] SUBDIVISION at the conclusion
   16  of the two year period [provided in] CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF  this
   17  subdivision,  shall  not  be required to apply to its regional emergency
   18  medical services council [or the state emergency medical services  coun-
   19  cil] for a determination of need, and the application shall be submitted
   20  to and SUCH APPLICATION FOR A MUNICIPAL ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT OR MUNICI-
   21  PAL  AMBULANCE  SERVICE TO SERVE THE AREA WITHIN THE  MUNICIPALITY SHALL
   22  BE approved by the commissioner unless the [commissioner finds that  the
   23  municipal  advanced  life  support  first responder service or municipal
   24  ambulance service has] PROVISION OF SERVICES HAVE  failed  to  meet  the
   25  appropriate  training,  staffing  and  equipment  standards  AND/OR  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13644-05-4
       S. 6515--A                          2
    1  COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE MUNICIPAL ADVANCED LIFE  SUPPORT  FIRST
    2  RESPONDER SERVICE OR MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICE HAS CAUSED AN IMPACT ON
    3  SERVICES IN THE SURROUNDING REGION.
    4    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
    5  municipality or fire district that  has  a  temporary  determination  of
    6  public  need,  any  application  made by a municipality or fire district
    7  that is currently in the administrative appellate process or  on  appeal
    8  before any court of competent jurisdiction.
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