| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to local government |
| Mar 21, 2011 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4137
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
Actions
2011-S4137 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6029
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง122-b, Gen Muni L
2011-S4137 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4137
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing certain fire
districts to provide a general ambulance service
PURPOSE:
This legislation would only affect fire districts throughout
the state to allow them to establish a schedule of fees or charges
for providing emergency and general ambulance service.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general
municipal law is amended to allow fire districts that represent a
locality to allow them to provide emergency medical service, or a
general ambulance service and collect a fee for service.
JUSTIFICATION:
As a volunteer fire department, fire districts are
prohibited from charging for ambulance services. In practice,
however, these districts employ a number of paid firefighters, who
are trained EMTs and answer ambulance and emergency services calls.
If the district were part of a municipal government, it could charge
users for services rendered by these paid emergency services personnel.
2011-S4137 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4137
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 21, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing
certain fire districts to provide a general ambulance service
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of
the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of
1980, is amended to read as follows:
Any county, city, town [or], village OR FIRE DISTRICT REPRESENTING A
LOCALITY, acting individually or jointly, may provide an emergency
medical service, a general ambulance service or a combination of such
services for the purpose of providing prehospital emergency medical
treatment or transporting sick or injured persons found within the boun-
daries of the municipality to a hospital, clinic, sanatorium or other
place for treatment of such illness or injury, and for that purpose may:
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09570-01-1
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