The New York State Senate

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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            October 19, 2018
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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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16431-01-8