Bill Text: NY S07700 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires commercial vehicle carriers to have commercial vehicle drivers screened for sleep apnea; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish qualification standards for commercial drivers who test positive for sleep apnea; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-09 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07700 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07700-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7700
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 9, 2018
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to sleep  apnea
          testing for commercial vehicle drivers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 509-z to read as follows:
     3    §  509-z.  Medical  examinations.  1.  Each commercial vehicle carrier
     4  shall require commercial drivers to be  screened  for  sleep  apnea,  as
     5  defined  in  subdivision  nine  of  section two hundred sixty-two of the
     6  public health law, pursuant to regulations established  by  the  commis-
     7  sioner,  by  a  physician,  a certified nurse practitioner to the extent
     8  authorized by law and consistent with subdivision three of  section  six
     9  thousand  nine  hundred two of the education law, or a registered physi-
    10  cian assistant who is not the personal physician, nurse practitioner  or
    11  physician assistant of the driver.
    12    2.  The  commissioner  shall  establish  qualification  standards  for
    13  commercial drivers who test positive for sleep apnea and  shall  require
    14  qualification  to  be  employed  as  a commercial driver be dependent on
    15  documentation of compliance with treatment for sleep apnea.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    17  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14709-01-8