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Assembly Bill A148

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "automated external defibrillators access act"

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2015-A148 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3180
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Bldg L; add §3000-e, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1246
2011-2012: A208, S3087
2013-2014: A6631, S1302

2015-A148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "automated external defibrillators access act"; requires all public buildings, stadiums, arenas and convention centers in cities with a population of over one million to be equipped with automated external defibrillators; requires employees to be trained in the use of such devices.

2015-A148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   148

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ROZIC, MARKEY -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public buildings law and the public health  law,  in
  relation  to  enacting  the  "automated external defibrillators access
  act"

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "automated external defibrillators access act".
  S 2.  Section 3 of the public buildings law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 16 to read as follows:
  16. IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION,  EQUIP,  MAINTAIN
AND  PROVIDE  AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR EQUIPMENT, AS DEFINED IN
PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND-B  OF  THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN QUANTITIES DEEMED ADEQUATE BY THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH
EQUIPMENT  SHALL  BE  READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR USE DURING MEDICAL EMERGEN-
CIES. ANY INFORMATION DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ACCOM-
PANY  SUCH  EQUIPMENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH TRAINING COURSES
BY A NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D)  OF
SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOM THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS SHALL  BE  TRAINED  IN
THE USE OF SUCH AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR EQUIPMENT.
  S  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3000-e
to read as follows:
  S 3000-E. AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATORS;  STADIUMS,  ARENAS  AND
CONVENTION  CENTERS  IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION. IN
CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION, ALL STADIUMS,  ARENAS  AND
CONVENTION  CENTERS  WITH  OCCUPANCIES  OF  OVER  FIVE THOUSAND SHALL BE
EQUIPPED WITH AND MAINTAIN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AS  DEFINED
IN  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THIS

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

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