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Assembly Bill A8617

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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2013-A8617 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
S6515 ,
A9852 ,
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3008, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3500
2017-2018: S760

2013-A8617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A8617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8617

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  provision  of
  municipal  advanced  life support first responder service or municipal
  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 amended by chapter 464 of the  laws  of  2012,  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 [city with a population of fourteen thousand seven  hundred
or  sixty-two  thousand  two  hundred  thirty-five, according to the two
thousand ten federal decennial census, or fire district acting on behalf
of any such city, that] MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THIS STATE, OR FIRE DISTRICT
ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH MUNICIPALITY, WHICH applies  for  permanent
certification  pursuant  to this [section] SUBDIVISION at the conclusion
of the two year period [provided in] CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF  this
subdivision,  shall  not  be required to apply to its regional emergency
medical services council [or the state emergency medical services  coun-
cil] for a determination of need, and the application shall be submitted
to and SUCH APPLICATION FOR A MUNICIPAL ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT OR MUNICI-
PAL  AMBULANCE  SERVICE TO SERVE THE AREA WITHIN THE  MUNICIPALITY SHALL
BE approved by the commissioner unless the [commissioner finds that  the
municipal  advanced  life  support  first responder service or municipal
ambulance service has] PROVISION OF SERVICES HAVE  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,  any  application  made by a municipality or fire district
that is currently in the administrative appellate process or  on  appeal
before any court of competent jurisdiction.

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