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Assembly Bill A1175

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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2015-A1175 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3500
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3008, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9852, S6515
2017-2018: A1414, S760
2019-2020: A573
2021-2022: A667

2015-A1175 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A1175 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1175

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02783-01-5

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