Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S7670

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to automated defibrillator requirements

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2019-S7670 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4720
Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4656, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5611
2011-2012: A4616
2013-2014: A5957
2015-2016: A6463
2017-2018: A6093

2019-S7670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every assisted living facility to have at least one automated external defibrillator on the premises and have in attendance at all times, at least one employee certified in CPR.

2019-S7670 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7670
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to automated external
   defibrillator requirements
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 4656 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 2 of the laws of 2004, is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to  read
 as follows:
   9.  (A)  EVERY  ASSISTED  LIVING  FACILITY LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL HAVE ON THE PREMISES AT LEAST ONE AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLA-
 TOR,  AS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE
 THOUSAND-B OF THIS CHAPTER, AND SHALL HAVE IN ATTENDANCE AT ALL TIMES AT
 LEAST ONE EMPLOYEE WHO HOLDS A VALID CERTIFICATION OF  COMPLETION  OF  A
 COURSE  IN  THE STUDY OF THE OPERATION OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLA-
 TORS AND A VALID CERTIFICATION OF THE COMPLETION  OF  A  COURSE  IN  THE
 TRAINING  OF  CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUSCITATION  PROVIDED  BY  A NATIONALLY
 RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMUL-
 GATE  REGULATIONS  TO  DETERMINE  THE  QUANTITY  AND  TYPE  DEEMED TO BE
 ADEQUATE TO ENSURE READY AND APPROPRIATE ACCESS FOR USE DURING  EMERGEN-
 CIES TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SIZE AND OCCUPANCY OF EACH FACILITY AND ANY
 OTHER MATTER DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER TO EFFECTUATE THE DUTY
 PRESCRIBED  BY THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL ALSO PROVIDE FOR
 A PHASE-IN SCHEDULE OF THE DUTY CREATED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) IN NO  INSTANCE  SHALL  AN  AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATOR  BE
 UTILIZED  OR  CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUSCITATION BE PERFORMED ON AN ASSISTED
 LIVING RESIDENT WHO HAS VALIDLY EXECUTED AN ORDER  NOT  TO  RESUSCITATE,
 WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE FACILITY.
   (C)  ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND STAFF PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED A "PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROVID-
 ER" AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE
 THOUSAND-B  OF THIS CHAPTER AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND
 LIMITATIONS OF SUCH SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.