Senate Bill S6457

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6457

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  protecting  registered
  security guards in a hospital or health care facility from assault

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the  penal  law,
subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 472 of the laws of 2015 and subdivi-
sion  11  as  separately  amended by chapters 472 and 487 of the laws of
2015, are amended to read as follows:
  3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer,  prosecu-
tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health
sanitarian,  New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforce-
ment agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including  a
firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
istering  first  aid  in the course of performance of duty as such fire-
fighter, an emergency medical service  paramedic  or  emergency  medical
service  technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital emer-
gency department, A REGISTERED SECURITY GUARD IN A  HOSPITAL  OR  HEALTH
CARE  FACILITY, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursu-
ant to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a traf-
fic enforcement officer or traffic enforcement agent, from performing  a
lawful  duty,  by  means  including  releasing  or failing to control an
animal under circumstances evincing the actor's intent that  the  animal
obstruct  the  lawful  activity  of  such peace officer, police officer,
prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20  of  the
criminal  procedure  law,  registered  nurse,  licensed practical nurse,
public health sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian,  sani-
tation  enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, firefighter,
paramedic, technician, city marshal,  school  crossing  guard  appointed
pursuant  to  section  two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law,
traffic enforcement officer or traffic  enforcement  agent,  he  or  she
causes physical injury to such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor

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

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as  defined  in  subdivision  thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health
sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation  enforce-
ment  agent,  New  York  city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic,
technician or medical or  related  personnel  in  a  hospital  emergency
department,  A  REGISTERED  SECURITY  GUARD IN A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE
FACILITY, city marshal, school crossing guard, traffic enforcement offi-
cer or traffic enforcement agent; or
  11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train  operator,  ticket
inspector,  conductor,  signalperson,  bus  operator  or  station  agent
employed by any transit agency, authority or company, public or private,
whose operation is authorized by New York state or any of its  political
subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursuant
to  section  two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a traffic
enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in
subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law,
sanitation  enforcement  agent,  New York city sanitation worker, public
health sanitarian, New York city public  health  sanitarian,  registered
nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse, emergency medical service paramedic,
[or] emergency medical service  technician,  OR  A  REGISTERED  SECURITY
GUARD  IN  A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY, he or she causes physical
injury to such train operator, ticket inspector,  conductor,  signalper-
son,  bus operator or station agent, city marshal, school crossing guard
appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general munici-
pal law, traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent,  prose-
cutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the crimi-
nal  procedure  law,  registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public
health sanitarian, New York city public  health  sanitarian,  sanitation
enforcement  agent,  New  York city sanitation worker, emergency medical
service paramedic, [or]  emergency  medical  service  technician,  OR  A
REGISTERED  SECURITY  GUARD IN A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY, while
such employee is performing an assigned duty on, or directly related to,
the operation of a train or bus, or such city marshal,  school  crossing
guard,  traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecu-
tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health
sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation  enforce-
ment  agent,  New York city sanitation worker, emergency medical service
paramedic, [or] emergency medical service technician,  OR  A  REGISTERED
SECURITY  GUARD  IN  A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY is performing an
assigned duty.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner as chapter 472 of the laws of 2015, takes effect.