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Jan 21, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S1990
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S1990 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5287
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง122-a, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S5727, A9307
2013-2014: S2692, A6006
2017-2018: S541, A5028
2019-2020: S903, A5854
2021-2022: A8480
2023-2024: A2466
2015-S1990 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1990 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to directing municipalities to submit a report to the local social services district on the circumstances surrounding the summoning of emergency medical services on four or more occasions for any individual during a thirty day period of time PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require municipalities which receive four or more emergency medical calls in a 30 day period for an individual to report such calls to the local social services district. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 would amend the general municipal law by adding a new section 122-a to require every county, city, town and village which receives four or more calls or demands for emergency medical service in a 30 day period for an individual to report such circumstances to the local social service district and the office of the Medicaid Inspector General. Every report shall include information, as required by the Commissioner of the Department of Health as to the adequacy of care being received by the individual and if the emergency services were warranted. Section 2 sets forth the effective date.
2015-S1990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1990 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 21, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to directing municipalities to submit a report to the local social services district on the circumstances surrounding the summoning of emergency medical services on four or more occasions for any individual during a thirty day period of time THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 122-a to read as follows: S 122-A. REPORTS OF FREQUENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE CALLS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. 1. EVERY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE, WHICH RECEIVES AND RESPONDS TO FOUR OR MORE CALLS OR DEMANDS FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, TO ANY INDIVIDUAL DURING ANY PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS, SHALL REPORT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH SUCH CALL OR DEMAND AND RESPONSE TO THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AND OFFICE OF THE MEDICAID INSPECTOR GENERAL, IN SUCH FORM AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. 2. EVERY REPORT SUBMITTED BY A MUNICIPALITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION AS SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, INCLUDING WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL FOR WHOM EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE IS BEING SUMMONED APPEARS TO BE RECEIVING ADEQUATE CARE AND SUPPORT AT HIS OR HER PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AND WHETHER THE SUMMONING OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE APPEARS TO BE UNWARRANTED. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06026-01-5
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