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Assembly Bill A269A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes summer camps to hire certain licensed professionals to provide services

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2015-A269 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6360
2017-2018: A3088
2019-2020: A1177

2015-A269 - Summary

Authorizes summer camps, that serve a population of campers with special needs, to hire certain licensed professionals to provide services to such campers.

2015-A269 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   269

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GUNTHER, LAVINE, SCARBOROUGH, ROBINSON,
  RIVERA, OTIS, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, COOK,  BUCHWALD,  ABINANTI,  ROSENTHAL,
  GRAF,  RAIA,  CROUCH, DiPIETRO, SCHIMEL, ZEBROWSKI, GOTTFRIED, SKOUFIS
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, ARROYO, FAHY,  FITZPATRICK,
  HIKIND,  LUPINACCI,  MAYER,  McDONOUGH,  PERRY, STEC, STECK, TITONE --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  provision  of
  certain professional services to children's camps

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1394 of the public health law,  as
added by chapter 214 of the laws of 2012,is amended to read as follows:
  3. Any person, firm, corporation, or association that operates a chil-
dren's  overnight,  summer  day,  or  traveling summer day camp, and has
obtained a permit pursuant to section thirteen hundred  ninety-three  of
this  article,  shall  be  authorized  to employ or contract with: (A) a
physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, or
licensed practical nurse or emergency medical technician  to  act  as  a
designated camp health director or to provide health services in assist-
ance  to  the  camp  health  director pursuant to applicable regulations
promulgated by the commissioner; OR (B) A PHYSICAL  THERAPIST,  PHYSICAL
THERAPIST  ASSISTANT,  PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKER, ATHLETIC TRAINER, OR
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES  WITHIN  HIS
OR  HER  LAWFUL  SCOPE  OF  PRACTICE  TO  CAMPERS AND STAFF DURING THEIR
ATTENDANCE OR EMPLOYMENT AT THE CAMP, PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00114-01-5

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2015-A269A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6360
2017-2018: A3088
2019-2020: A1177

2015-A269A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes summer camps, that serve a population of campers with special needs, to hire certain licensed professionals to provide services to such campers.

2015-A269A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 269--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GUNTHER, LAVINE, ROBINSON, RIVERA, OTIS,
  LUPARDO, JAFFEE, COOK,  BUCHWALD,  ABINANTI,  ROSENTHAL,  GRAF,  RAIA,
  CROUCH,  DiPIETRO,  SCHIMEL,  ZEBROWSKI,  GOTTFRIED, SKOUFIS -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, ARROYO,  FAHY,  FITZPATRICK,  HIKIND,
  LUPINACCI,  MAYER,  McDONOUGH, PERRY, STEC, STECK, TITONE -- read once
  and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of
  certain professional services to children's camps

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 1394 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 214 of the laws of 2012,is amended to read as follows:
  3. (A) Any person, firm, corporation, or association that  operates  a
children's  overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp, and has
obtained a permit pursuant to section thirteen hundred  ninety-three  of
this  article,  shall  be authorized to employ or contract with a physi-
cian, nurse practitioner,  physician  assistant,  registered  nurse,  or
licensed  practical  nurse  or  emergency medical technician to act as a
designated camp health director or to provide health services in assist-
ance to the camp health  director  pursuant  to  applicable  regulations
promulgated by the commissioner.
  (B)  ANY  NOT  FOR PROFIT CORPORATION THAT OPERATES A CHILDREN'S OVER-
NIGHT, SUMMER DAY, OR TRAVELING SUMMER DAY CAMP THAT SERVES A POPULATION
OF CAMPERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND HAS OBTAINED  A  PERMIT  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION  THIRTEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-THREE  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND ANY OTHER
PERMITS AS REQUIRED BY LAW, SHALL BE  AUTHORIZED  TO  CONTRACT  WITH  AN
OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPIST,  PHYSICAL THERAPIST, PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSIST-
ANT, PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL  WORKER,  OR  MENTAL  HEALTH  PRACTITIONER  TO

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

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