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Senate Bill S6570

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring each county in this state to have at least one ambulance vehicle and emergency medical technicians trained to transport a person of 500 pounds or more

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2015-S6570 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง122-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4099
2019-2020: S2117

2015-S6570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring each county in this state to have at least one ambulance vehicle and emergency medical technicians trained to transport a person of 500 pounds or more.

2015-S6570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6570

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  requiring
  counties  to  have ambulance vehicle and emergency medical technicians
  trained to transport a person of five hundred pounds or more

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

  Section  1. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Diges-
tive and Kidney Diseases, nearly two-thirds of  U.S.  adults  are  over-
weight,  and  one-third are obese. Overweight and obesity are known risk
factors for  numerous  illnesses,  including  diabetes,  heart  disease,
stroke,  hypertension,  gallbladder  disease,  osteoarthritis, breathing
problems and some forms of cancer. As a result, overweight  people  have
greater health care needs than the general population.
  This  state's  ambulance  services,  however,  may not be sufficiently
prepared to assist morbidly obese New Yorkers. Anecdotal evidence  indi-
cates that fire departments have been unable to provide proper emergency
medical transport to this population.
  S 2. Section 122-b of the general municipal law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6.  ANY COUNTY OF THIS STATE SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE AMBULANCE VEHICLE
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY WITH PROPER EQUIPMENT AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECH-
NICIANS TRAINED TO TRANSPORT A PERSON OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS OR MORE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13789-01-6

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