Assembly Bill A3690A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2019-A3690 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5670
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§101 & 114-b, add §117-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9617
2017-2018: A438
2021-2022: A96, S4071

2019-A3690 - Summary

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

2019-A3690 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3690
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY, HYNDMAN, WALKER,
   GALEF, PAULIN, STECK, STIRPE, BLAKE, ORTIZ, WOERNER, O'DONNELL,  FAHY,
   JEAN-PIERRE,  SOLAGES,  PALMESANO,  RAIA,  COLTON,  HEVESI, GOTTFRIED,
   PALUMBO, WRIGHT, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --
   M.  of  A. BRAUNSTEIN, ENGLEBRIGHT, HUNTER, LUPARDO, SCHIMMINGER, STEC
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  designating
   human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended  by
 chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   §  101.  Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle
 or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle,  civil  defense  emergency
 vehicle,  emergency  ambulance  service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle,
 HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
 environmental emergency response  vehicle,  sanitation  patrol  vehicle,
 hazardous  materials  emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of
 the armed forces of the United States.
   § 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 ter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
 ized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in  transporting  a
 sick  or  injured  person,  transporting  prisoners, delivering blood or
 blood products in a situation involving an imminent health risk,  TRANS-
 PORTING  HUMAN ORGANS, HUMAN TISSUE OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF ORGAN RECOVERY OR TRANSPLANTATION IN A SITUATION INVOLVING  AN  IMMI-
 NENT  HEALTH  RISK, pursuing an actual or suspected violator of the law,
 or responding to, or working or assisting at the scene of  an  accident,
 disaster,  police  call,  alarm  of fire, actual or potential release of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00415-01-9
              

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2019-A3690A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5670
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§101 & 114-b, add §117-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9617
2017-2018: A438
2021-2022: A96, S4071

2019-A3690A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles which shall permit the operator of such vehicles certain privileges when involved in an emergency operation.

2019-A3690A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3690--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GUNTHER, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY, HYNDMAN, WALKER,
   GALEF, PAULIN, STECK, STIRPE, BLAKE, ORTIZ, WOERNER, O'DONNELL,  FAHY,
   JEAN-PIERRE,  SOLAGES,  COLTON,  HEVESI,  GOTTFRIED,  PALUMBO, WRIGHT,
   DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, SIMON, CARROLL, TAYLOR, LIFTON, PALMESANO, SANTA-
   BARBARA, QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN,  ENGLE-
   BRIGHT,  HUNTER,  LUPARDO, SCHIMMINGER, STEC -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on
   Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating
   human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   § 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance,  police  vehicle
 or  bicycle,  correction  vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency
 vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle,  blood  delivery  vehicle,
 HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
 environmental  emergency  response  vehicle,  sanitation patrol vehicle,
 hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal  vehicle  of
 the armed forces of the United States.
   § 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 ter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
 ized  emergency  vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a
 sick or injured person,  transporting  prisoners,  delivering  blood  or
 blood  products  OR  TRANSPORTING  HUMAN ORGANS, HUMAN TISSUE OR MEDICAL
 PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORGAN RECOVERY  OR  TRANSPLANTATION,  in  a
 situation  involving  an  imminent  health  risk,  pursuing an actual or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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