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Sep 09, 2020 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
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Inez E. Dickens
Judy Griffin
Walter T. Mosley
Ellen C. Jaffee
A10991 (ACTIVE) - Details
A10991 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Defines medical needs for essential electricity as including but not limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass respirators, hemodialysis machines, IV feeding machines, IV medical infusion machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure respirators, respirator/ventilators, rocking bed respirators, suction machines, tank type respirators, as well as any medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health.
A10991 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10991 I N A S S E M B L Y September 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to defining medical needs for essential electricity THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of section 66 of the public service law, as added by section 4 of part X of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: (iii) identification of and outreach plans to customers who had docu- mented their need for essential electricity for medical needs, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, APNEA MONITORS FOR INFANTS, CUIRASS RESPIRATORS, HEMODIALYSIS MACHINES, IV FEEDING MACHINES, IV MEDICAL INFUSION MACHINES, OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS, POSITIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATORS, RESPIRATOR/VENTILATORS, ROCKING BED RESPIRATORS, SUCTION MACHINES, TANK TYPE RESPIRATORS, AS WELL AS ANY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT NECES- SARY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE DIAGNOSIS IS LIKELY TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY TRIGGERED OR SIGNIFICANTLY EXACERBATED BY A CONTINUED LOSS OF POWER THAT WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THAT INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH; § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD17102-02-0