Assembly Bill A7041

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires all trains and stations operated by the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company have automated external defibrillators

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A7041 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1266-b & 1266-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10242

2025-A7041 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all trains and stations operated by the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company have automated external defibrillators as part of their medical emergency services program.

2025-A7041 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7041
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring all
   trains  and  stations  operated  by  the Long Island Rail Road and the
   Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company have  automated  external  defi-
   brillators

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  1  of  section  1266-b  of  the
 public  authorities  law, as amended by chapter 396 of the laws of 2005,
 is amended to read as follows:
   a. The authority in consultation with the Long  Island  Rail  Road  is
 hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  implement a comprehensive medical
 emergency services program, including an  emergency  response  protocol,
 not  later  than  September first, two thousand five, for the benefit of
 persons utilizing transportation and other related services of the  Long
 Island  Rail  Road.  Such  program  shall  include but not be limited to
 provision for the following: The training  of  designated  employees  in
 first aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning
 of  stricken  commuters,  knowledge of procedures and equipment used for
 respiratory and cardiac emergencies [and], an emergency response  proto-
 col  for  all  employees,  AND PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON EACH TRAIN AND AT
 EACH STATION AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1266-f of the public authorities law, as
 added by chapter 581 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The authority is hereby authorized  and  directed  to  implement  a
 medical  emergency services program not later than April first, nineteen
 hundred eighty-six, for the benefit of persons utilizing  transportation
 and other related services of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company.
 Such  program  shall  include  but  not  be limited to provision for the
 following: The training of conductors,  trainmen  and  other  designated
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10309-01-5

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