Assembly Bill A3782

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Designates certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first responders

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3782 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
A5966 ,
S5154 ,
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3001, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10293
2023-2024: A7151

2021-A3782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first responders.

2021-A3782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3782
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DeSTEFANO,  REILLY,  SCHMITT,  J. M. GIGLIO,
   B. MILLER, MONTESANO, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, BRABENEC, WOERNER,  ASHBY,
   DiPIETRO,  TAGUE, RA, BLANKENBUSH, BARCLAY, MORINELLO, SMULLEN, SALKA,
   M. MILLER, HAWLEY, BYRNES, FITZPATRICK, SMITH, MIKULIN, BYRNE, GOODELL
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PALMESANO -- read once and  referred
   to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to designating
   certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first
   responders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 3001 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 804 of the laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5. "Certified first responder" means an individual who meets the mini-
 mum  requirements  established  by regulations pursuant to section three
 thousand two of this article and who is responsible  for  administration
 of  initial  life  saving  care  of  sick and injured persons, AND SHALL
 INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY OPER-
 ATORS, EMERGENCY COMPLAINT OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCHERS,
 WHO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SERVICES WITHIN POLICE  AND  SHERIFF'S
 DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08198-01-1



              

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