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Senate Bill S2220

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes requirements for the provision of ambulance services to senior living facilities

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2009-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2788
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 30-D ยงยง3080 & 3081, Pub Health L

2009-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all senior living facilities to employ an independent ambulance service for the provision of emergency medical services and transport at such facilities; a senior living facility is any dwelling or collective group of dwellings at a common location providing housing to more than 50 persons who are over 65 years old.

2009-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2220

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  senior  living
  facilities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  article
30-D to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 30-D
                        SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES
SECTION 3080. DEFINITION.
        3081. AMBULANCE SERVICE.
  S  3080. DEFINITION. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "SENIOR LIVING FACILITY"
SHALL MEAN ANY DWELLING OR COLLECTIVE GROUP OF  DWELLINGS  AT  A  COMMON
LOCATION  PROVIDING  HOUSING TO MORE THAN FIFTY PERSONS WHO ARE OVER THE
AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS.
  S 3081. AMBULANCE SERVICE. EVERY SENIOR LIVING FACILITY  SHALL  EMPLOY
AN  INDEPENDENT  AMBULANCE  SERVICE, CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
THOUSAND FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, FOR THE PROVISION  OF  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
SERVICES AND TRANSPORT. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE STATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES COUNCIL SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGEN-
CY  MEDICAL  SERVICES  AND  TRANSPORT, AND THE STAFFING OF AMBULANCES AT
SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law; provided that any
rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions
of this act on its effective date are  authorized  and  directed  to  be
promulgated and completed on or before such date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03231-01-9

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