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Assembly Bill A8395

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Classifies emergency medical services as essential services for the purposes of state aid

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2021-A8395 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2719
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §122-b, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7275
2017-2018: A8891, S2770
2019-2020: A1582, S1381
2023-2024: A2813, S4586
2025-2026: A3525, S1989

2021-A8395 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Classifies emergency medical services as essential services for the purposes of state aid.

2021-A8395 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8395
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  classifying
   emergency  medical  services  provided  by municipalities as essential
   services for the purposes of applying for and receiving state aid

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  122-b of the general municipal law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED FOR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF
 APPLYING FOR AND RECEIVING STATE AID.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05400-01-1

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