senate Bill S1940

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provides emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken


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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 11, 2019 recommit, enacting clause stricken
Jan 17, 2019 referred to local government

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S1940 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1778
Current Committee:
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§209-b & 122-b, Gen Muni L; amd §184, Town L; amd §§3224-a, 3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4310
2011-2012: S4856, A7291
2013-2014: S3262, A4113
2015-2016: S1914, A3721
2017-2018: S363, A3100, A7717
2021-2022: S1286, A534

S1940 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provides emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services; authorizes health insurer payments to nonparticipating or nonpreferred providers of ambulance services licensed under article 30 of the public health law.

S1940 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  1940

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 17, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LITTLE, AKSHAR, BROOKS, CARLUCCI, FUNKE, GALLIVAN,
  HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in relation
  to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services; and to
  amend the insurance law, in relation to payments to prehospital  emer-
  gency medical services providers

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 4 of section 209-b of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read
as follows:
  4. Fees and charges [prohibited] AUTHORIZED.  (A) Emergency and gener-
al ambulance service, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED  IN
SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, authorized pursuant
to  this  section  [shall]  MAY  be furnished without cost to the person
served; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE
DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT  OR
FIRE  COMPANY  TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES MAY FIX A SCHEDULE OF
FEES OR CHARGES TO  BE  PAID  BY  PERSONS  REQUESTING  SUCH  SERVICE  OR
SERVICES.  THE  AUTHORITIES  HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE
COMPANY MAY PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES AND CHARGES OR MAY FORMU-
LATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  COLLECTION  THEREOF  BY  THE  FIRE
DEPARTMENT  OR FIRE COMPANY. WHEN FEES AND CHARGES ARE AUTHORIZED PURSU-
ANT TO THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  FEES  AND  CHARGES  COLLECTED  SHALL  BE
DISBURSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE
AUTHORITY  HAVING  CONTROL  OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE COMPANY AND THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY ITSELF.   The acceptance  by  any  fire-
fighter  of any personal remuneration or gratuity, directly or indirect-
ly, from a person served shall be a ground for his or her  expulsion  or
suspension as a member of the fire department or fire company.

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

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