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                                  2162--A
     Cal. No. 467
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens. SERINO, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, GOLDEN, HANNON, HELMING,
   LARKIN, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, SEWARD -- read twice and  ordered  printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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.
              

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 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:
   § 117-E. HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE. ANY VEHICLE WHICH  IS  OPERATED
 BY  OR  ON  BEHALF  OF  AN ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING HUMAN ORGANS,
 HUMAN TISSUE, OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORGAN RECOVERY  OR
 TRANSPLANTATION  ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.  NO HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE
 SHALL BE OPERATED AS AN AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN AN EMER-
 GENCY OPERATION UNLESS THE DRIVER OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS  UNDERGONE  APPRO-
 PRIATE  TRAINING  FOR  THE  OPERATION  OF  AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES
 DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.