assembly Bill A438A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 05, 2018 reported referred to codes
Jan 03, 2018 referred to transportation
Mar 29, 2017 print number 438a
Mar 29, 2017 amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 09, 2017 referred to transportation

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A438 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2162
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§101 & 114-b, add §117-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9617, S7013
2019-2020: A3690, S1422
2021-2022: A96, S3851

A438 - Summary

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

A438 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                   438

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER, TITONE, BENEDETTO, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY,
  HYNDMAN, WALKER, GALEF, PAULIN, SEPULVEDA,  STECK,  STIRPE,  BLAKE  --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, HUNTER, LOPEZ, SCHIMMINGER
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating
  human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

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

  Section  1.  Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  § 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance,  police  vehicle
or  bicycle,  correction  vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency
vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle,  blood  delivery  vehicle,
HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
environmental  emergency  response  vehicle,  sanitation patrol vehicle,
hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal  vehicle  of
the armed forces of the United States.
  § 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
ter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  § 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
ized  emergency  vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a
sick or injured person,  transporting  prisoners,  delivering  blood  or
blood  products in a situation involving an imminent health risk, TRANS-
PORTING HUMAN ORGANS, HUMAN TISSUE OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE  PURPOSE
OF  ORGAN  RECOVERY  OR TRANSPLANTATION, pursuing an actual or suspected
violator of the law, or responding to, or working or  assisting  at  the
scene  of  an  accident, disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actual or
potential release of hazardous materials or other emergency.   Emergency
operation shall not include returning from such service.
  §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
117-e to read as follows:

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

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A438A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2162
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§101 & 114-b, add §117-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9617, S7013
2019-2020: A3690, S1422
2021-2022: A96, S3851

A438A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

A438A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 438--A

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER, TITONE, BENEDETTO, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY,
  HYNDMAN, WALKER, GALEF, PAULIN, SEPULVEDA, STECK, STIRPE, BLAKE, ORTIZ
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, HUNTER,  LOPEZ,  SCHIM-
  MINGER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  designating
  human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

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

  Section 1. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended  by
chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  §  101.  Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle
or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle,  civil  defense  emergency
vehicle,  emergency  ambulance  service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle,
HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
environmental emergency response  vehicle,  sanitation  patrol  vehicle,
hazardous  materials  emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of
the armed forces of the United States.
  § 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
ter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  § 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
ized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in  transporting  a
sick  or  injured  person,  transporting  prisoners, delivering blood or
blood products in a situation involving an imminent health risk,  TRANS-
PORTING  HUMAN ORGANS, HUMAN TISSUE OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ORGAN RECOVERY OR TRANSPLANTATION IN A SITUATION INVOLVING  AN  IMMI-
NENT  HEALTH  RISK, pursuing an actual or suspected violator of the law,
or responding to, or working or assisting at the scene of  an  accident,
disaster,  police  call,  alarm  of fire, actual or potential release of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03752-03-7