NY State Senate Bill 2011-S6159

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 07, 2012	print number 6159a
May 07, 2012	amend and recommit to health
Jan 09, 2012	referred to health

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2011-S6159 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3000-e, Pub Health L

2011-S6159 - Summary

Requires every golf course to make available at least one functional cardiac defibrillator and requires that employees of such facility be trained in its proper operation and use.

2011-S6159 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6159

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring golf
course operators to make available at least one functional cardiac defi-
brillator and requiring that employees of such facilities be trained in
its proper operation and use

PURPOSE:
Makes mandatory that all golf courses shall possess a cardiac defibril-
lator and employees must be trained to provide optimum use and operation

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
3000-e to read as follows) Functional cardiac defibrillator at golf
course. 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "golf course oper-
ator" shall include any person, firm, corporation, partnership, unincor-
porated association or other entity, whether publicly or privately owned
or operated, managing any golf course. 2. Golf course operators shall
provide and maintain on site automated external defibrillators (AED), as
defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section three thousand-b
of this article, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner to
be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use during emer-
gencies. 3. Golf course operators shall ensure the presence during hours
of operation of at least one staff person or volunteer who is trained,
pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section three

hundred-b of this article, in the operation and use of an AED. 4.  Golf
course operators shall he subject to the requirements and limitations of
section three thousand-b of this article. 5. Any golf course operator,
his or her employee or other agent, or any person who voluntarily and
without expectation of monetary compensation renders emergency treatment
using such defibrillator pursuant to this section, to a person who is
unconscious, ill or injured, shall only be liable pursuant to section
three thousand-a of this article.

EXISTING LAW:
None.

JUSTIFICATION:
Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S.
The use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) will allow a golfer
suffering a sudden cardiac arrest a greater chance of survival while
awaiting the arrival of an emergency medical team.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediately,
the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2011-S6159 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6159

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  requiring  golf
  course  operators  to  make  available at least one functional cardiac
  defibrillator and requiring  that  employees  of  such  facilities  be
  trained in its proper operation and use

  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
3000-e to read as follows:
  S  3000-E. FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR AT GOLF COURSE. 1. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "GOLF COURSE OPERATOR" SHALL  INCLUDE
ANY  PERSON,  FIRM, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION
OR OTHER ENTITY, WHETHER PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED OR OPERATED, MANAG-
ING ANY GOLF COURSE.
  2. GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE  AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATORS  (AED), AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE, IN QUANTITIES  AND
TYPES  DEEMED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  TO BE ADEQUATE TO ENSURE READY AND
APPROPRIATE ACCESS FOR USE DURING EMERGENCIES.
  3. GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL ENSURE THE  PRESENCE  DURING  HOURS  OF
OPERATION  OF  AT  LEAST  ONE  STAFF PERSON OR VOLUNTEER WHO IS TRAINED,
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION  THREE  THOU-
SAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE OPERATION AND USE OF AN AED.
  4.  GOLF  COURSE  OPERATORS  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND
LIMITATIONS OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE.
  5. ANY GOLF COURSE OPERATOR, HIS OR HER EMPLOYEE OR  OTHER  AGENT,  OR
ANY  PERSON  WHO VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF MONETARY COMPEN-
SATION RENDERS EMERGENCY TREATMENT USING SUCH DEFIBRILLATOR PURSUANT  TO
THIS SECTION, TO A PERSON WHO IS UNCONSCIOUS, ILL OR INJURED, SHALL ONLY
BE LIABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03496-02-1

2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3000-e, Pub Health L

2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every golf course to make available at least one functional cardiac defibrillator and requires that employees of such facility be trained in its proper operation and use.

2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6159A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring golf course
operators to make available at least one functional cardiac
defibrillator and requiring that employees of such facilities be trained
in its proper operation and use

PURPOSE:
Makes mandatory that all golf courses shall possess a cardiac
defibrillator and employees must be trained to provide optimum use
and operation.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
3000-e which provides the following:

1. For the purposes of this section the following terms are defined:
(a)"Golf course" means an area of land laid out for golf with a series
of nine or eighteen holes each including a tee, fairway, and putting
green. (b) The term "golf course operator" shall include any person,
firm, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other
entity, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, managing any
golf course.

2. Golf course operators shall provide and maintain on site automated
external defibrillators (AED), as defined in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of section three thousand-b of this article, in
quantities and types deemed by the commissioner to be adequate to
ensure ready and appropriate access for use during emergencies.

3. Every golf course operator shall have in attendance, at all times
during staffed business hours, at least one individual performing
employment or individual acting as an authorized volunteer who is
trained, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section
three hundred-b of this article, in the operation and use of an AED.

4. Golf course operators shall he subject to the requirements and
limitations of section three thousand-b of this article.

5. Any golf course operator, his or her employee or other agent, or
any person who voluntarily and without expectation of monetary
compensation renders emergency treatment using such defibrillator
pursuant to this section, to a person who is unconscious, ill or
injured, shall only be liable pursuant to section three thousand-a of
this article.

Section 2 provides for the effective date.

EXISTING LAW:
None.

JUSTIFICATION:
Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S.
The use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) will allow a


golfer suffering a sudden cardiac arrest a greater chance of survival
while awaiting the arrival of an emergency medical team.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or
regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.

2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6159--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to requiring golf
  course operators to make available at  least  one  functional  cardiac
  defibrillator  and  requiring  that  employees  of  such facilities be
  trained in its proper operation and use

  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
3000-e to read as follows:
  S 3000-E. FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR AT GOLF COURSE. 1.  FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  BE  DEFINED  AS
FOLLOWS:
  A. "GOLF COURSE" MEANS AN AREA OF LAND LAID OUT FOR GOLF WITH A SERIES
OF  NINE  OR  EIGHTEEN  HOLES  EACH  INCLUDING TEE, FAIRWAY, AND PUTTING
GREEN.
  B. "GOLF COURSE OPERATOR" MEANS ANY PERSON, FIRM,  CORPORATION,  PART-
NERSHIP, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OR OTHER ENTITY, WHETHER PUBLICLY OR
PRIVATELY OWNED OR OPERATED, THAT MANAGES ANY GOLF COURSE.
  2.  GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON-SITE AUTOMATED
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AED), AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  SUBDIVI-
SION  ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE, IN QUANTITIES AND
TYPES DEEMED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE  ADEQUATE  TO  ENSURE  READY  AND
APPROPRIATE ACCESS FOR USE DURING EMERGENCIES.
  3.   EVERY GOLF COURSE OPERATOR SHALL HAVE IN ATTENDANCE, AT ALL TIMES
DURING STAFFED  BUSINESS  HOURS,  AT  LEAST  ONE  INDIVIDUAL  PERFORMING
EMPLOYMENT  OR  INDIVIDUAL  ACTING  AS  AN  AUTHORIZED  VOLUNTEER WHO IS
TRAINED, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE
THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE, IN THE OPERATION AND USE OF AN AED.
  4. GOLF COURSE OPERATORS SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  AND
LIMITATIONS OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THIS ARTICLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03496-04-2

S. 6159--A                          2

  5.  ANY  GOLF  COURSE OPERATOR, HIS OR HER EMPLOYEE OR OTHER AGENT, OR
ANY PERSON WHO VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT EXPECTATION OF  MONETARY  COMPEN-
SATION  RENDERS EMERGENCY TREATMENT USING SUCH DEFIBRILLATOR PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION, TO A PERSON WHO IS UNCONSCIOUS, ILL OR INJURED, SHALL ONLY
BE LIABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
effective date.

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2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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2011-S6159 - Details

2011-S6159 - Summary

2011-S6159 - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6159 - Bill Text download pdf

2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S6159A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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