Assembly Bill A7505

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation and state emergency medical services council, to promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of ambulances

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2017-A7505 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L

2017-A7505 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation and the New York state emergency medical services council, to promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of ambulances.

2017-A7505 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7505
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   commissioner  of  health,  in  consultation  with  the commissioner of
   transportation, to establish rules and regulations for ambulances

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title.  This  act  shall  be known and be cited as
 "Janet's law".
   § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 31 to read as follows:
   31.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 TRANSPORTATION, ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR AMBULANCES IN  ORDER
 TO  ENSURE  THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. SUCH RULES
 AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE  MINIMUM
 AGE  OF  AMBULANCE DRIVERS, THE ALLOWABLE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE HOURS AN
 AMBULANCE DRIVER MAY WORK, AND THE REQUISITE TRAINING AN AMBULANCE DRIV-
 ER SHALL RECEIVE PRIOR TO DRIVING ANY AMBULANCE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09581-02-7

2017-A7505A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L

2017-A7505A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation and the New York state emergency medical services council, to promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of ambulances.

2017-A7505A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7505--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Health  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to directing the
   commissioner of health,  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of
   transportation and the New York state emergency medical services coun-
   cil, to establish rules and regulations for ambulances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3011 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 TRANSPORTATION AND THE STATE COUNCIL, ESTABLISH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF PASSEN-
 GERS  AND  THE  PUBLIC AT LARGE DURING THE TRANSPORT OF SUCH PASSENGERS.
 SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE  LIMITED  TO,
 THE  ALLOWABLE  NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE HOURS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER MAY WORK
 AND THE REQUISITE TRAINING AN AMBULANCE DRIVER SHALL  RECEIVE  PRIOR  TO
 OPERATING AN AMBULANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09581-06-8

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