Assembly Bill A2289

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Grants volunteer ambulance workers preferential treatment when applying to medical schools within New York state which receive funding from the state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2289 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2123
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง26, Vol Amb Wkr Ben L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5310, S2145
2011-2012: A1789, S1757

2013-A2289 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants volunteer ambulance workers preferential treatment when applying to medical schools within New York state which receive funding from the state where there are applicants of otherwise equal qualifications.

2013-A2289 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 2123                                                  A. 2289

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 11, 2013
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to  amend  the  volunteer  ambulance  workers'  benefit  law,  in
  relation  to  granting the emergency medical technicians preference to
  medical school admissions to all schools which  receive  funding  from
  New York state

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

  Section 1. The volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law is amended  by
adding a new section 26 to read as follows:
  S 26. PREFERENCE TO MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSIONS.  WHERE THERE ARE APPLI-
CANTS OF OTHERWISE EQUAL QUALIFICATIONS, ANY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER,
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE
GRANTED  PREFERENTIAL  TREATMENT  WHEN APPLYING TO ANY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN
NEW YORK STATE WHICH RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
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.
                                                           LBD01687-01-3

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