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Assembly Bill A10302

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the continuation of a municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service

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2011-A10302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3008, Pub Health L

2011-A10302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the continuation of a municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service.

2011-A10302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10302

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the continuation
  of a municipal advanced life support first responder service or munic-
  ipal ambulance service

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  7 of section 3008 of the
public health law, as added by chapter 510  of  the  laws  of  1997,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  [In the case of an application for certification pursuant to this
subdivision, for a municipal advanced life support  or  municipal  ambu-
lance  service,  to  serve  the  area within the municipality, where the
proposed service meets or exceeds the appropriate training, staffing and
equipment standards, there shall be a strong  presumption  in  favor  of
approving  the application.] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
ARTICLE, ANY MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THIS STATE, OR FIRE DISTRICT ACTING  ON
BEHALF  OF  ANY  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY, WHICH APPLIES FOR PERMANENT CERTIF-
ICATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWO YEAR PERI-
OD UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO
APPLY  TO  ITS  REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COUNCIL OR THE STATE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COUNCIL, AND THE APPLICATION SHALL BE SUBMIT-
TED TO AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNLESS  THE  COMMISSIONER  FINDS
THAT  THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE HAS FAILED TO MEET THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING,
STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT STANDARDS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
municipality  or  fire  district  that  has a temporary determination of
public need under paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 3008 of  the
public  health law at the time this act becomes a law, and to any appli-
cation made by a municipality or fire district under that  section  that
is  pending  any  administrative  or judicial appeal process at the time
this act becomes a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15900-01-2

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