Assembly Bill A11369

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes law enforcement officers to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A11369 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3000-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1024

2017-A11369 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes law enforcement officers to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device.

2017-A11369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11369
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
   thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  authorizing  law
   enforcement  officers  to possess and administer epinephrine by use of
   an epinephrine auto-injector device
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 200 of the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "Eligible  person  or  entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or
 advanced life support first response service; a certified first  respon-
 der, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical techni-
 cian, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii)
 a  children's  overnight  camp  as defined in subdivision one of section
 thirteen hundred ninety-two of  this  chapter,  a  summer  day  camp  as
 defined  in  subdivision  two  of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of
 this chapter, a traveling summer day  camp  as  defined  in  subdivision
 three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person
 employed  by  such a camp; (iii) a school district, board of cooperative
 educational services, county vocational education and  extension  board,
 charter  school,  and non-public elementary and secondary school in this
 state or any person employed by  any  such  entity,  or  employed  by  a
 contractor  of  such an entity while performing services for the entity;
 [or] (iv) a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government, day
 care or retail facility; an educational institution, youth  organization
 or  sports  league;  an  establishment  that  serves  food;  or a person
 employed by such entity; [and] (v) A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER;  AND  (VI)
 any  other  person  or  entity  designated or approved, or in a category
 designated or approved pursuant to regulations of  the  commissioner  in
 consultation with other appropriate agencies.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment  and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
 such date.

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