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Senate Bill S9268

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires patient transporters to meet certain minimum requirements

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2021-S9268 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2830, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3344

2021-S9268 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires patient transporters to complete a state accredited basic life support course, in which knowledge and skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation using automated external defibrillators and relieving airway obstructions is taught.

2021-S9268 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9268 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9268
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring  patient
   transporters to meet certain minimum requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2830 to read as follows:
   § 2830. PATIENT TRANSPORTERS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 TERMS:
   (A)  "PATIENT  TRANSPORTER"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON  WHO  PROVIDES THE
 SERVICES OF TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS IN INTERNAL  HEALTHCARE  FACILITY
 MOVES  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, MOVEMENTS TO AND FROM TESTING OR
 TREATMENT AREAS, DISCHARGING OF PATIENTS,  AND  OPERATION  OF  TRANSPORT
 EQUIPMENT  TO ESCORT PATIENTS THROUGHOUT A HEALTHCARE FACILITY. "PATIENT
 TRANSPORTER" SHALL EXCLUDE HIGH-LEVEL CLINICAL TEAMS  THAT  PROVIDE  THE
 SERVICES  OF  INTERNAL  HEALTHCARE  FACILITY TRANSPORTATION FOR PATIENTS
 WITH HIGH-ACUITY, OR WHO PRESENT WITH CERTAIN SYMPTOMS AS MAY BE  DETER-
 MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND MOBILE CODE TEAMS.
   (B)  "HEALTHCARE FACILITY" SHALL MEAN FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THIS ARTI-
 CLE.
   2. A PERSON SHALL NOT FUNCTION AS A PATIENT TRANSPORTER IN  A  HEALTH-
 CARE  FACILITY  AND  A HEALTHCARE FACILITY SHALL NOT EMPLOY OR OTHERWISE
 CONTRACT FOR THE SERVICES OF A PATIENT TRANSPORTER  UNLESS  THE  PATIENT
 TRANSPORTER  HAS  SUCCESSFULLY  PASSED  A  STATE  ACCREDITED  BASIC LIFE
 SUPPORT COURSE, IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUS-
 CITATION  USING  AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND RELIEVING AIRWAY
 OBSTRUCTIONS IS TAUGHT. HEALTHCARE FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE SUCH  COURSE
 TO EMPLOYEES AND POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES AT NO COST TO SUCH INDIVIDUAL.
   3. A PATIENT TRANSPORTER CURRENTLY EMPLOYED OR OTHERWISE CONTRACTED BY
 A  HEALTHCARE FACILITY WHO DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF  ENACTMENT
 OF THIS ACT TO MEET SUCH REQUIREMENTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15870-01-2

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