NY State Senate Bill 2021-S9212

Senate Bill S9212

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Expands the emergency medical technician re-certification demonstration program throughout the state and extends the length of such re-certification; extends the authorization of such program

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May 12, 2022	referred to health

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2021-S9212 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3005-b, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap 563 of 2001
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S3106

2021-S9212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the emergency medical technician re-certification demonstration program throughout the state; extends the length of such re-certification from five years to seven years; extends the authorization of such program from 2023 to 2025.

2021-S9212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9212

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding the
emergency medical technician re-certification demonstration program
throughout the state and extending the length of such re-certification;
and to amend chapter 563 of the laws of 2001 amending the public health
law relating to providing for an emergency technician five year re-cer-
tification demonstration program in certain counties, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation extends the recertification demonstration program for
emergency medical technicians from five to seven years and the repeal
date to 2025.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Section 3005-b of public health law is amended by extending

the emergency medical technician re-certification demonstration program
from five to seven years. In addition, the program shall now apply to
all emergency medical technicians within new york state.

Section 2. Effective date and repeal date.

Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however,
that the amendments to section 3005-b of the public health law made by
section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) conduct basic, non-invasive inter-
ventions to help save lives and reduce harm at emergency sites.  They
have the skills needed to transport patients safely. In many places,
EMTs provide out-of-hospital care. To be licensed as an EMT, you must
take an accredited course. EMTs courses are normally between 150 and 180
hours to complete. Emergency medical technicians are an essential part
of public safety that cannot be replaced, however, over the past few
years EMT retention has been especially difficult due to the recertif-
ication process.

This legislation allows EMTs throughout New York State to receive recer-
tification every 7 years rather than every 5 years and will hopefully
allow for more practicing EMTs to stay certified longer and continue
their much-needed service to the public.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately and shall be repealed on January 1st 2025

2021-S9212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9212
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  expanding  the
   emergency  medical  technician  re-certification demonstration program
   throughout the state and extending the length  of  such  re-certifica-
   tion; and to amend chapter 563 of the laws of 2001 amending the public
   health law relating to providing for an emergency technician five year
   re-certification   demonstration   program  in  certain  counties,  in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  section  heading and subdivisions 1 and 2 of section
 3005-b of the public health law, the section heading and  subdivision  1
 as  added  by  chapter  563  of  the  laws of 2001, and subdivision 2 as
 amended by chapter 643 of the laws of  2006,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Emergency medical technician [five] SEVEN year re-certification demon-
 stration  program.    1. There is hereby created within the department a
 demonstration program (referred to in this section as the "program")  to
 allow emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical tech-
 nicians  who  have been in continuous practice and who have demonstrated
 competence in applicable behavioral and performance  objectives,  to  be
 re-certified  for a [five] SEVEN year period. No person shall be re-cer-
 tified under the program unless he or she has  completed  at  least  one
 hundred  thirty  hours  of  instruction in emergency medical services as
 approved by the commissioner including but not  limited  to  pediatrics,
 geriatrics,  environmental  emergencies, legal issues, emergency vehicle
 operations course and medical  emergencies.  Renewals  of  certification
 under  the program shall be deemed equivalent to renewals under subdivi-
 sion two of section three thousand two of this article.
   2. The program shall [be limited to persons who are  employed  by  the
 New  York  city  fire department or who are in practice in the following
 counties: Delaware, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Nassau, Otsego,  Scho-
 harie  or Suffolk. The commissioner may limit the number of participants

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15856-01-2
 S. 9212                             2

 in the program, except that such limit shall be no less than four  thou-
 sand  participants]  APPLY  TO  ALL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS UP FOR
 RECERTIFICATION AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE  LAWS  OF
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2. Section 2 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2001 amending the public
 health law relating to providing for an emergency technician  five  year
 re-certification  demonstration  program in certain counties, as amended
 by chapter 102 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed [July] JANUARY 1, [2023] 2025.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 3005-b  of  the  public  health  law  made  by
 section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.

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John W. Mannion