NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6692B

Senate Bill S6692B

Vetoed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to comprehensive emergency management provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 28, 2016	vetoed memo.279
Nov 16, 2016	delivered to governor
Jun 16, 2016	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.497 substituted for a9381b referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1864 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 13, 2016	print number 6692b
Jun 13, 2016	amend and recommit to finance
Jun 01, 2016	print number 6692a
Jun 01, 2016	amend and recommit to finance
May 23, 2016	reported and committed to finance
Feb 05, 2016	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Votes

- Jun 16, 2016 - Floor Vote
  S6692B
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 16, 2016
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Diaz
  May 23, 2016 - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote
  S6692B
  
  12
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote: May 23, 2016
      
      aye (12)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      Felder
      
      Golden
      
      Larkin
      
      Marchione
      
      Ortt
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Serrano
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Kaminsky
  Jun 16, 2016 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6692B
  
  25
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 16, 2016
      
      aye (25)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Robach
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky

Bill Amendments

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2015-S6692 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9381
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §23, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A6549

2015-S6692 - Summary

Relates to comprehensive emergency management plans' provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more.

2015-S6692 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6692

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
provisions for homecare and hospice in comprehensive emergency
management plans

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this bill is to provide that additional information is
a part of comprehensive management plans for counties and cities with
a population of one million or more when preparing a comprehensive
emergency management plan, which would include provisions for home
health care and hospice personnel during local emergencies.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 provides for all cities with a population of one million or
more to prepare a comprehensive emergency management plan.

Section 2 states that the preparation of such plans be coordinated
with the advice, and assistance from organizations that provide home
health care services and organizations that provide hospice services,
in addition to the other entities already provided for by law.

Section 3 would establish procedures for the deployment of physicians,
nurses, medical professionals, personnel deployed by certified home

health agencies, long term home health care programs or licensed home
care services agencies governed under article thirty-six of the public
health law, personnel deployed by hospices certified pursuant to
article forty of the public health law or any other personnel deemed
necessary, including procedures for deployment in areas where access
has otherwise been restricted or subject to curfew in declared
emergencies.

Section 4 would require each county and each city with a population of
one million or more to revise such plans in the event such revisions
are needed to comply with the provisions of this act, Such revised
plans would also be required to be submitted to the disaster
preparedness commission.

Section 5 would clarify that during a local state of emergency, local
orders may establish a curfew and prohibit and control pedestrian and
vehicular traffic, except essential emergency vehicles and personnel,
and except as consistent with local comprehensive emergency management
plans.

Section 6 provides for an immediate effective date.

 EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER :

Currently, the executive law permits counties, cities, towns, and
villages to adopt local comprehensive emergency management plans. This
bill would estab- lish procedures in counties and all cities with a
population of one million or more to prepare such plans.  In addition,
this bill would clarify that personnel providing home health care
services and hospice services should be consulted in the preparation
of such plans and that such plans include provisions for the
deployment of such personnel during an emergency.

 JUSTIFICATION :

By enacting this legislation, New York State would help to ensure that
the deployment of home health and hospice personnel is adequately
addressed during local emergencies. Access to patients in restricted
zones was a major problem for home care and hospice staff in

responding to Hurricane Sandy as well as other emergency situations,
and this bill seeks to prevent such situations in the future.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015: Veto # 205
2014: Veto # 536

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6692 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6692

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LANZA, GALLIVAN, HANNON, PERSAUD -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs

AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to provisions for home-
  care and hospice in comprehensive emergency management plans

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  23  of the executive law, as
amended by section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  Each  county,  except those contained within the city of New York,
and each CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PREPARE  A
COMPREHENSIVE  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. EACH city WITH A POPULATION OF
LESS THAN ONE MILLION, town and  village  is  authorized  to  prepare  A
comprehensive emergency management [plans] PLAN.  The disaster prepared-
ness  commission shall provide assistance and advice for the development
of such plans. [City] EACH CITY WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  LESS  THAN  ONE
MILLION,  town  and  village  [plans] PLAN shall be coordinated with the
county plan.
  S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 23 of the executive law, as  amended  by
section  4  of  part  B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
read as follows:
  5. In preparing such plans, cooperation, advice and  assistance  shall
be  sought  from local government officials, regional and local planning
agencies, police agencies, fire departments and  fire  companies,  local
emergency   management  agencies,  commercial  and  volunteer  ambulance
services, health and social services officials, community  action  agen-
cies,  the  chief  administrator  of  the  courts, organizations for the
elderly and the handicapped, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOME HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOSPICE SERVICES, other  interested
groups  and  the  general  public.  Such  advice  and  assistance may be
obtained through public hearings held on public notice, or through other
appropriate methods.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01699-08-6

S. 6692                             2

  S 3. Subparagraphs 17 and 18  of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  7  of
section  23  of  the executive law, as amended by section 4 of part B of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph 19 is
added to read as follows:
  (17)  continued  operation  of  governments of political subdivisions;
[and]
  (18) utilization and coordination of programs  to  assist  individuals
with  household  pets  and  service  animals  following a disaster, with
particular attention to means of evacuation, shelter and  transportation
options[.]; AND
  (19)  PROCEDURES  FOR  ALLOWING  ACCESS BY PHYSICIANS, NURSES, MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS, PERSONNEL OF CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH  AGENCIES,  LONG  TERM
HOME  HEALTH  CARE  PROGRAMS  OR  LICENSED  HOME  CARE SERVICES AGENCIES
GOVERNED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND  PERSON-
NEL OF HOSPICES CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW  OR  ANY  OTHER PERSONNEL DEEMED NECESSARY, INCLUDING PROCEDURES FOR
ALLOWING ACCESS IN AREAS WHERE ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN  RESTRICTED  OR
SUBJECT TO CURFEW IN DECLARED EMERGENCIES.
  S  4.  Each  county, and each city with a population of one million or
more, that on the effective date of this  act  has  already  prepared  a
comprehensive  emergency  management  plan shall revise such plan in the
event such revisions are needed to comply with the  provisions  of  this
act,  and  shall  submit  such revised plan to the disaster preparedness
commission on or before the one hundred eightieth day after  the  effec-
tive date of this act.
  S  5. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the executive law,
as added by chapter 640 of the laws of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a.  the  establishment  of a curfew and the prohibition and control of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic, except  essential  emergency  vehicles
and  personnel,  AND  IN  A  MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN;
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2015-S6692A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9381
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §23, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A6549

2015-S6692A - Summary

Relates to comprehensive emergency management plans' provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more.

2015-S6692A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6692A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
provisions for homecare and hospice in comprehensive emergency
management plans

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to provide that additional information is
a part of comprehensive management plans for counties and cities with
a population of one million or more when preparing a comprehensive
emergency management plan, which would include provisions for home
health care and hospice personnel during local emergencies.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 provides that all counties and all cities with a population
of one million or more are required to prepare a comprehensive
emergency management plan.

Section 2 states that the preparation of such plans be coordinated
with the advice, and assistance from agencies and organizations that
provide home health care services and agencies and organizations that
provide hospice services, in addition to the other entities already
provided for by law.

Section 3 would establish procedures for allowing access of
physicians, nurses, other medical professionals, personnel of
certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs,
or licensed home care services agencies, personnel of hospices or any
other personnel deemed necessary to provide vital health care,
including procedures for identification in order to access restricted
areas in declared emergencies.

Section 4 would require each county and each city with a population of
one million or more to revise such plans in the event such revisions
are needed to comply with the provisions of this act. Such revised
plans would also be required to be submitted to the division of
homeland security and emergency services.

Section 5 would clarify that during a local state of emergency, local
orders may establish a curfew and prohibit and control pedestrian and
vehicular traffic, except essential emergency vehicles and personnel,
as consistent with this article.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Currently, the executive law permits counties, cities, towns, and
villages to adopt local comprehensive emergency management plans.
This bill would establish procedures in counties and all cities with a
population of one million or more to prepare such plans.

In addition, this bill would clarify that personnel providing home
health care services and hospice services should be consulted in the
preparation of such plans and that such plans include provisions for
access to patients of such personnel during an emergency.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015:A.5125-B/S.3482-B- Vetoed memo 205;
2014:A.6530-B/S.4719-B- Vetoed memo 536;
2013:A.6530-B - referred to governmental operations

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.
 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6692A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6692--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. LANZA, CROCI, GALLIVAN, HANNON, PERSAUD, STAVISKY --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military  Affairs  --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to provisions  for  home-
  care and hospice in comprehensive emergency management plans

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  23  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  section  4  of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Each county, except those contained within the city  of  New  York,
and  each CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PREPARE A
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. EACH city WITH A POPULATION  OF
LESS  THAN  ONE  MILLION,  town  and  village is authorized to prepare A
comprehensive emergency management [plans] PLAN.  The disaster prepared-
ness commission shall provide assistance and advice for the  development
of  such  plans.  [City]  EACH  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE
MILLION, town and village [plans] PLAN shall  be  coordinated  with  the
county plan.
  S  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 23 of the executive law, as amended by
section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2010,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  5.  In  preparing such plans, cooperation, advice and assistance shall
be sought from local government officials, regional and  local  planning
agencies,  police  agencies,  fire departments and fire companies, local
emergency  management  agencies,  commercial  and  volunteer   ambulance
services,  health  and social services officials, community action agen-
cies, the chief administrator  of  the  courts,  organizations  for  the
elderly  and  the  handicapped,  AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
HOME HEALTH CARE  SERVICES,  AGENCIES  AND  ORGANIZATIONS  THAT  PROVIDE
HOSPICE  SERVICES,  other interested groups and the general public. Such

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

                                                           LBD01699-09-6

S. 6692--A                          2

advice and assistance may be obtained through public  hearings  held  on
public notice, or through other appropriate AND PRACTICAL methods.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs  17  and  18  of  paragraph b of subdivision 7 of
section 23 of the executive law, as amended by section 4 of  part  B  of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph 19 is
added to read as follows:
  (17)  continued  operation  of  governments of political subdivisions;
[and]
  (18) utilization and coordination of programs  to  assist  individuals
with  household  pets  and  service  animals  following a disaster, with
particular attention to means of evacuation, shelter and  transportation
options[.]; AND
  (19)  PROCEDURES  FOR  ALLOWING  ACCESS  BY  PHYSICIANS, NURSES, OTHER
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PERSONNEL OF CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, LONG
TERM HOME HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OR LICENSED HOME CARE  SERVICES  AGENCIES
GOVERNED  UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND PERSON-
NEL OF HOSPICES CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROVIDE VITAL HEALTH CARE
TO INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR CARE; SUCH PROCEDURES  SHALL  ALSO  ADDRESS  HOW
SUCH  PROFESSIONALS  AND  PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN
ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO AREAS WHERE ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN RESTRICTED
OR SUBJECT TO CURFEW IN  DECLARED  EMERGENCIES.  SUCH  PROCEDURES  SHALL
ENSURE  THAT  ACCESS  BY SUCH PROFESSIONALS AND PERSONNEL IN AREAS WHERE
ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN RESTRICTED OR SUBJECT TO CURFEW SHALL  NOT  BE
CONSTRUED  TO PROHIBIT LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FROM DENYING
SUCH ACCESS WHEN IN  THEIR  DISCRETION  CONDITIONS  NECESSITATE  SUCH  A
DENIAL.
  S  4.  Each  county, and each city with a population of one million or
more, that on the effective date of this  act  has  already  prepared  a
comprehensive  emergency  management  plan shall revise such plan in the
event such revisions are needed to comply with the  provisions  of  this
act,  and  shall  submit  such  revised plan to the division of homeland
security and emergency services on or before the one  hundred  eightieth
day after the effective date of this act.
  S  5. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the executive law,
as added by chapter 640 of the laws of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a.  the  establishment  of a curfew and the prohibition and control of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic, except  essential  emergency  vehicles
and personnel, AND AS CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE;
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2015-S6692B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9381
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §23, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A6549

2015-S6692B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to comprehensive emergency management plans' provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more.

2015-S6692B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6692B

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
provisions for homecare and hospice in comprehensive emergency
management plans

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this bill is to provide that additional information is
a part of comprehensive management plans for counties and cities with
a population of one million or more when preparing a comprehensive
emergency management plan, which would include provisions for home
health care and hospice personnel during local declared emergencies.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 provides for all cities with a population of one million or
more to prepare a comprehensive emergency management plan.

Section 2 states that the preparation of such plans be coordinated
with the advice, and assistance from organizations that provide home
health care services and organizations that provide hospice services,
in addition to the other entities already provided for by law.

Section 3 would establish procedures for allowing access by
physicians, nurses, other medical professionals, personnel of

certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs or
licensed home care services agencies, personnel of hospices or any
other personnel deemed necessary to provide vital health care to
individuals in their care.  Procedures shall also require how such
personnel will be identified in order to gain access to restricted
areas in declared emergencies.  Such procedures shall ensure that
access can also be denied by local emergency management officials
subject to their discretion when conditions necessitate such a denial.

Section 4 would require each county and each city with a population of
one million or more to revise such plans in the event such revisions
are needed to comply with the provisions of this act. Such revised
plans would also be required to be submitted to the division of
homeland security and emergency services.

Section 5 provides for an immediate effective date.

 EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER :

Currently, the executive law permits counties, cities, towns, and
villages to adopt local comprehensive emergency management plans.
This bill would establish procedures in counties and all cities with a
population of one million or more to prepare such plans.

In addition, this bill would clarify that personnel providing home
health care services and hospice services should be consulted in the
preparation of such plans and that such plans include provisions for
such personnel in allowing access to restricted areas in a declared
emergency when deemed appropriate by local emergency management
officials.

 JUSTIFICATION :

By enacting this legislation, New York State would help to ensure that
access to restricted areas in a declared emergency for home health and
hospice personnel is adequately addressed during local emergencies.
Access to patients in restricted zones was a major problem for home
care and hospice staff in responding to Hurricane Sandy as well as
other emergency situations, and this bill seeks to prevent such
situations in the future.
 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015: S125-B/S.3482-B - Vetoed memo 205;
2014: A.6530- B /S.4719-B -Vetoed memo 536;
2013: A.6530-B - referred to governmental operations

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S6692B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6692--B

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. LANZA, CROCI, GALLIVAN, HANNON, PERSAUD, STAVISKY --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military  Affairs  --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
  committee

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to provisions  for  home-
  care and hospice in comprehensive emergency management plans

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  23  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  section  4  of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Each county, except those contained within the city  of  New  York,
and  each CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PREPARE A
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. EACH city WITH A POPULATION  OF
LESS  THAN  ONE  MILLION,  town  and  village is authorized to prepare A
comprehensive emergency management [plans] PLAN.  The disaster prepared-
ness commission shall provide assistance and advice for the  development
of  such  plans.  [City]  EACH  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE
MILLION, town and village [plans] PLAN shall  be  coordinated  with  the
county plan.
  S  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 23 of the executive law, as amended by
section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2010,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  5.  In  preparing such plans, cooperation, advice and assistance shall
be sought from local government officials, regional and  local  planning
agencies,  police  agencies,  fire departments and fire companies, local
emergency  management  agencies,  commercial  and  volunteer   ambulance
services,  health  and social services officials, community action agen-
cies, the chief administrator  of  the  courts,  organizations  for  the
elderly  and  the  handicapped,  AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE

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

                                                           LBD01699-11-6

S. 6692--B                          2

HOME HEALTH CARE  SERVICES,  AGENCIES  AND  ORGANIZATIONS  THAT  PROVIDE
HOSPICE  SERVICES,  other interested groups and the general public. Such
advice and assistance may be obtained through public  hearings  held  on
public notice, or through other appropriate AND PRACTICAL methods.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs  17  and  18  of  paragraph b of subdivision 7 of
section 23 of the executive law, as amended by section 4 of  part  B  of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph 19 is
added to read as follows:
  (17)  continued  operation  of  governments of political subdivisions;
[and]
  (18) utilization and coordination of programs  to  assist  individuals
with  household  pets  and  service  animals  following a disaster, with
particular attention to means of evacuation, shelter and  transportation
options[.]; AND
  (19)  PROCEDURES  FOR  ALLOWING  ACCESS  BY  PHYSICIANS, NURSES, OTHER
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PERSONNEL OF CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, LONG
TERM HOME HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OR LICENSED HOME CARE  SERVICES  AGENCIES
GOVERNED  UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND PERSON-
NEL OF HOSPICES CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW OR ANY OTHER PERSONNEL DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROVIDE VITAL HEALTH CARE
TO INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR CARE; SUCH PROCEDURES  SHALL  ALSO  ADDRESS  HOW
SUCH  PROFESSIONALS  AND  PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN
ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO AREAS WHERE ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN RESTRICTED
OR SUBJECT TO CURFEW IN  DECLARED  EMERGENCIES.  SUCH  PROCEDURES  SHALL
ENSURE  THAT  ACCESS  BY SUCH PROFESSIONALS AND PERSONNEL IN AREAS WHERE
ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN RESTRICTED OR SUBJECT TO CURFEW SHALL  NOT  BE
CONSTRUED  TO PROHIBIT LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FROM DENYING
SUCH ACCESS WHEN IN  THEIR  DISCRETION  CONDITIONS  NECESSITATE  SUCH  A
DENIAL.
  S  4.  Each  county, and each city with a population of one million or
more, that on the effective date of this  act  has  already  prepared  a
comprehensive  emergency  management  plan shall revise such plan in the
event such revisions are needed to comply with the  provisions  of  this
act,  and  shall  submit  such  revised plan to the division of homeland
security and emergency services on or before the one  hundred  eightieth
day after the effective date of this act.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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