S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3742
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
to the provision of hazardous materials emergency response training to
emergency medical services personnel employed by a fire department
operating within a city with a population of more than one million
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 section
3005-c to read as follows:
S 3005-C. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING. 1. BEGIN-
NING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, THE DEPARTMENT, IN COOPERATION
WITH THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR, SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE HAZARDOUS MATE-
RIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING, PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, FOR ALL EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATING
WITHIN A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INFORM ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSON-
NEL COVERED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND AVAILABILITY OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING
PROGRAM.
3. FUNDING FOR THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED
BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-Q OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW.
S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 156-a of the executive law, as amended
by section 1 of part D of chapter 1 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
read as follows:
1. (A) The state fire administrator shall, in his or her discretion,
consult with the fire fighting and code enforcement personnel standards
and education commission established pursuant to section one hundred
fifty-nine-a of this article, to establish a specialized hazardous mate-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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rials emergency response training program for individuals responsible
for providing emergency response recovery following incidents involving
hazardous materials as defined in accordance with section fourteen-f of
the transportation law. The state fire administrator shall inform all
fire companies, municipal corporations and districts, including agencies
and departments thereof and all firefighters, both paid and volunteer,
and related officers and employees and police officers of the implemen-
tation and availability of the hazardous materials emergency response
training program and shall, subject to the availability of an appropri-
ation, conduct such training with sufficient frequency to assure
adequate response to incidents involving hazardous materials and
protection of responders in all geographic areas of the state.
(B) THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER
OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIALIZED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL
PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND FIVE-C OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.