NY State Assembly Bill 2021-A534A

Assembly Bill A534A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provides emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services

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Feb 11, 2022	print number 534b
Feb 11, 2022	amend and recommit to ways and means
Jan 05, 2022	referred to ways and means
Jun 04, 2021	print number 534a
Jun 04, 2021	amend and recommit to ways and means
May 25, 2021	reported referred to ways and means
Jan 06, 2021	referred to local governments

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2021-A534 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§209-b & 122-b, Gen Muni L; amd §184, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A4310
2011-2012: A7291
2013-2014: A4113
2015-2016: A3721
2017-2018: A3100, A7717
2019-2020: A1778

2021-A534 - Summary

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provides emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services.

2021-A534 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    534
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES, McDONOUGH, RA, LAVINE, WOERNER, DiPIETRO,
   BYRNE, STECK, COOK, JEAN-PIERRE, NORRIS, GALEF, FAHY, BRONSON,  LUPAR-
   DO,   ABINANTI,  BARRETT,  SOLAGES,  GOODELL,  HUNTER,  PHEFFER AMATO,
   COLTON, B. MILLER, BUTTENSCHON,  BRABENEC,  DeSTEFANO,  BURKE,  WALSH,
   MONTESANO,  SMULLEN,  MANKTELOW,  SAYEGH,  TAGUE,  JACOBSON,  MIKULIN,
   HAWLEY, WALLACE, STIRPE, ZEBROWSKI, STERN,  GUNTHER,  McMAHON,  ASHBY,
   SALKA,  GRIFFIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BYRNES, ENGLEBRIGHT,
   M. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local  Govern-
   ments
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in relation
   to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision 4 of section 209-b of the general municipal
 law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   4. Fees and charges [prohibited] AUTHORIZED.  (A) Emergency and gener-
 al  ambulance service, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, authorized pursuant
 to this section [shall] MAY be furnished  without  cost  to  the  person
 served; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE
 DEPARTMENT  OR FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR
 FIRE COMPANY TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES MAY FIX A  SCHEDULE  OF
 FEES  OR  CHARGES  TO  BE  PAID  BY  PERSONS  REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR
 SERVICES. THE AUTHORITIES HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  FIRE
 COMPANY MAY PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES AND CHARGES OR MAY FORMU-
 LATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  COLLECTION  THEREOF BY THE FIRE
 DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY. WHEN FEES AND CHARGES ARE AUTHORIZED  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  FEES  AND  CHARGES  COLLECTED SHALL BE
 DISBURSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03579-01-1

 A. 534                              2
 
 AUTHORITY HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE  COMPANY  AND  THE
 FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  FIRE COMPANY ITSELF.   The acceptance by any fire-
 fighter of any personal remuneration or gratuity, directly or  indirect-
 ly,  from  a person served shall be a ground for his or her expulsion or
 suspension as a member of the fire department or fire company.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE WHICH ESTABLISHES A SCHEDULE OF FEES
 FOR SERVICE SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS  OF
 ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT  SERVICES  TO PROVIDE SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
 SERVICES. SUCH CONTRACT SHALL  AT  A  MINIMUM  ESTABLISH  THE  FEES  FOR
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE MEANS BY WHICH SAID PROVIDER WILL
 BE  REIMBURSED  WHEN  THE  AMBULANCE SERVICE BILLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 SERVICE.
   (C) AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE  SERVICE,  INCLUDING  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICE  AS  DEFINED BY THIS SECTION WHICH DOES NOT ESTABLISH A
 SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR SERVICE, REQUESTING AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT  (ALS)
 INTERCEPT  FROM ANOTHER FURNISHING SERVICE IN AN AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED
 AS A RURAL AREA BY ANY LAW OR REGULATION OF THE STATE OR THAT IS LOCATED
 IN A RURAL CENSUS TRACT OF A METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL  AREA  (AS  DETER-
 MINED  UNDER THE MOST RECENT GOLDSMITH MODIFICATION) SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 PAYMENT OF AN ALS RURAL INTERCEPT FEE  TO  SUCH  FURNISHING  SERVICE  AT
 RATES  NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE PROVIDERS OF SUCH SERVICES. IN THE ABSENCE
 OF ANY AGREED UPON RATES, THE SERVICE RECEIVING SUCH INTERCEPT SHALL PAY
 FOR SUCH SERVICES AT THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY RATE, WHICH  SHALL  NOT  BE
 EXCESSIVE  OR  UNREASONABLE.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL RESTRICT ANY
 AMBULANCE PROVIDERS FROM ESTABLISHING MUTUALLY AGREEABLE ALTERNATE  FEES
 FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO AND/OR FOR EACH RESPECTIVE AMBULANCE SERVICE.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general
 municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (e) [No] A contract [shall]  MAY  be  entered  into  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  this section for the services of an emergency rescue and
 first aid squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to
 the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the  general  municipal
 law] THIS CHAPTER;
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 184 of the town law, as amended by chap-
 ter 599 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Whenever  the town board shall have established or extended a fire
 protection district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the town
 board shall provide for the furnishing of  fire  protection  within  the
 district  and  for that purpose may (a) contract with any city, village,
 fire district or incorporated  fire  company  maintaining  adequate  and
 suitable  apparatus and appliances for the furnishing of fire protection
 in such district or (b) may acquire by gift or purchase  such  apparatus
 and  appliances for use in such district and may contract with any city,
 village, fire district or incorporated fire company for operation, main-
 tenance, and  repair  of  the  same  and  for  the  furnishing  of  fire
 protection  in such district, or both. The contract may also provide for
 the furnishing of (1) emergency service in case of accidents, calamities
 or other emergencies in connection with which the services of firefight-
 ers would be required and (2) general ambulance service subject,  howev-
 er,  to  the  provisions  of  section  two hundred nine-b of the general
 municipal law. In the event that the fire  department  or  fire  company
 furnishing fire protection within the district pursuant to contract does
 not  maintain  and  operate an ambulance then a separate contract may be
 made for the furnishing  within  the  district  of  emergency  ambulance

 A. 534                              3
 
 service or general ambulance service, or both, with any city, village or
 fire district the fire department of which, or with an incorporated fire
 company  having  its  headquarters outside the district which, maintains
 and operates an ambulance subject, however, in the case of general ambu-
 lance  service,  to  the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of the
 general municipal law, or with an ambulance service, certified or regis-
 tered pursuant to article thirty of the public health law[, which is not
 organized under the provisions of section  two  hundred  nine-b  of  the
 general  municipal  law].  Any  such  contract  with  any such ambulance
 service permitted herein shall be subject  to  the  provisions  of  this
 section.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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2021-A534A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§209-b & 122-b, Gen Muni L; amd §184, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A4310
2011-2012: A7291
2013-2014: A4113
2015-2016: A3721
2017-2018: A3100, A7717
2019-2020: A1778

2021-A534A - Summary

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provides emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services.

2021-A534A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  534--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES, McDONOUGH, RA, LAVINE, WOERNER, DiPIETRO,
   BYRNE, STECK, COOK, JEAN-PIERRE, NORRIS, GALEF, FAHY, BRONSON,  LUPAR-
   DO,   ABINANTI,  BARRETT,  SOLAGES,  GOODELL,  HUNTER,  PHEFFER AMATO,
   COLTON, B. MILLER, BUTTENSCHON,  BRABENEC,  DeSTEFANO,  BURKE,  WALSH,
   MONTESANO,  SMULLEN,  MANKTELOW,  SAYEGH,  TAGUE,  JACOBSON,  MIKULIN,
   HAWLEY, WALLACE, STIRPE, ZEBROWSKI, STERN,  GUNTHER,  McMAHON,  ASHBY,
   SALKA,   GRIFFIN,   DURSO,   SIMPSON,   LAWLER,   SILLITTI,  GANDOLFO,
   J. D. RIVERA, LUNSFORD, KELLES --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
   BYRNES,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  M. MILLER  --  read  once  and  referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments -- reported and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the town law, in relation
   to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 209-b of the general municipal
 law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   4.  Fees and charges [prohibited] AUTHORIZED.  [Emergency] (A) SUBJECT
 TO THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN  PARAGRAPH  (D)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 EMERGENCY  and  general  ambulance  service, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH
 LAW,  authorized pursuant to this section [shall] MAY be furnished with-
 out cost to the person served; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  THE  AUTHORITIES
 HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED
 SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES
 MAY  FIX  A SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING
 SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES. THE  AUTHORITIES  HAVING  CONTROL  OF  A  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT  OR  FIRE  COMPANY MAY PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03579-07-1

 A. 534--A                           2
 
 CHARGES OR MAY FORMULATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION THERE-
 OF BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY. WHEN  FEES  AND  CHARGES  ARE
 AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED
 SHALL  BE  DISBURSED  IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN CONTRACT ENTERED INTO
 BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPA-
 NY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY ITSELF.   The  acceptance  by
 any  firefighter  of  any personal remuneration or gratuity, directly or
 indirectly, from a person served shall be a ground for his or her expul-
 sion or suspension as a member of the fire department or fire company.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE WHICH ESTABLISHES A SCHEDULE OF FEES
 FOR SERVICE SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS  OF
 ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT  SERVICES  TO PROVIDE SUCH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
 SERVICES. SUCH CONTRACT SHALL  AT  A  MINIMUM  ESTABLISH  THE  FEES  FOR
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE MEANS BY WHICH SAID PROVIDER WILL
 BE  REIMBURSED  WHEN  THE  AMBULANCE SERVICE BILLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 SERVICE.
   (C) AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE  SERVICE,  INCLUDING  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHICH DOES NOT  ISSUE  A
 BILL  FOR ITS SERVICES AND WHICH REQUESTS AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS)
 INTERCEPT FROM ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE FURNISHING SERVICE IN  AN  AREA
 THAT  IS  DESIGNATED  AS  A  RURAL  AREA BY ANY LAW OR REGULATION OF THE
 STATE, OR THAT IS LOCATED IN A RURAL  CENSUS  TRACT  OF  A  METROPOLITAN
 STATISTICAL  AREA (AS DETERMINED UNDER THE MOST RECENT GOLDSMITH MODIFI-
 CATION), SHALL PAY THE AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDING THE ALS INTERCEPT  AN
 ALS  RURAL  INTERCEPT  FEE  AT RATES NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE PROVIDERS OF
 SUCH SERVICES. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY  AGREED  UPON  RATES,  THE  SERVICE
 RECEIVING  SUCH  ALS  INTERCEPT  SHALL PAY THE SERVICE PROVIDING THE ALS
 INTERCEPT FOR SUCH SERVICES AT THE USUAL  AND  CUSTOMARY  CHARGE,  WHICH
 SHALL NOT BE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
   (D)  AN  EMERGENCY  AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  LAW,  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION TO FIX A SCHEDULE OF
 FEES OR CHARGES TO  BE  PAID  BY  PERSONS  REQUESTING  SUCH  SERVICE  OR
 SERVICES,  MAY  APPLY  SUCH  FEES AND CHARGES ONLY WITHIN SUCH SERVICE'S
 PRIMARY RESPONSE TERRITORY AS ASSIGNED AND EVIDENCED BY  A  VALID  AMBU-
 LANCE  SERVICE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH PURSUANT
 TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,  ON  OR  BEFORE
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE.
   (E)  AN  EMERGENCY  AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT DIRECTLY ISSUE
 A BILL FOR ITS SERVICES TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH SERVICES.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general
 municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (e) [No] A contract [shall]  MAY  be  entered  into  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  this section for the services of an emergency rescue and
 first aid squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to
 the provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the  general  municipal
 law] THIS CHAPTER;
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 184 of the town law, as amended by chap-
 ter 599 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Whenever  the town board shall have established or extended a fire
 protection district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the town

 A. 534--A                           3

 board shall provide for the furnishing of  fire  protection  within  the
 district  and  for that purpose may (a) contract with any city, village,
 fire district or incorporated  fire  company  maintaining  adequate  and
 suitable  apparatus and appliances for the furnishing of fire protection
 in such district or (b) may acquire by gift or purchase  such  apparatus
 and  appliances for use in such district and may contract with any city,
 village, fire district or incorporated fire company for operation, main-
 tenance, and  repair  of  the  same  and  for  the  furnishing  of  fire
 protection  in such district, or both. The contract may also provide for
 the furnishing of (1) emergency service in case of accidents, calamities
 or other emergencies in connection with which the services of firefight-
 ers would be required and (2) general ambulance service subject,  howev-
 er,  to  the  provisions  of  section  two hundred nine-b of the general
 municipal law. In the event that the fire  department  or  fire  company
 furnishing fire protection within the district pursuant to contract does
 not  maintain  and  operate an ambulance then a separate contract may be
 made for the furnishing  within  the  district  of  emergency  ambulance
 service or general ambulance service, or both, with any city, village or
 fire district the fire department of which, or with an incorporated fire
 company  having  its  headquarters outside the district which, maintains
 and operates an ambulance subject, however, in the case of general ambu-
 lance service, to the provisions of section two hundred  nine-b  of  the
 general municipal law, or with an ambulance service, certified or regis-
 tered pursuant to article thirty of the public health law[, which is not
 organized  under  the  provisions  of  section two hundred nine-b of the
 general municipal law].  Any  such  contract  with  any  such  ambulance
 service  permitted  herein  shall  be  subject to the provisions of this
 section.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law and shall apply to health care claims submitted on or
 after such date.

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2021-A534B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§209-b & 122-b, Gen Muni L; amd §184, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A4310
2011-2012: A7291
2013-2014: A4113
2015-2016: A3721
2017-2018: A3100, A7717
2019-2020: A1778

2021-A534B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that authorities having control of a fire department or fire company which provides emergency medical services may establish fees and charges for services.

2021-A534B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  534--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JONES, RA, LAVINE, WOERNER, DiPIETRO, BYRNE,
   STECK, COOK,  JEAN-PIERRE,  NORRIS,  GALEF,  FAHY,  BRONSON,  LUPARDO,
   ABINANTI,  BARRETT,  SOLAGES,  GOODELL, HUNTER, PHEFFER AMATO, COLTON,
   B. MILLER, BUTTENSCHON, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, BURKE, WALSH,  MONTESANO,
   SMULLEN, MANKTELOW, SAYEGH, TAGUE, JACOBSON, MIKULIN, HAWLEY, WALLACE,
   STIRPE,  ZEBROWSKI,  STERN,  GUNTHER,  McMAHON, ASHBY, SALKA, GRIFFIN,
   DURSO, SIMPSON, LAWLER, SILLITTI,  GANDOLFO,  J. D. RIVERA,  LUNSFORD,
   KELLES,  BURDICK, ANGELINO, J. M. GIGLIO, RAMOS, FITZPATRICK, DARLING,
   BROWN, JOYNER, HEVESI, SMITH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BYRNES,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, M. MILLER -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
   Local  Governments  --  reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
   and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted to the
   Committee on Ways and Means 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 general municipal law and the town law, in relation
   to authorizing fees and charges for emergency medical services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 209-b of the general municipal
 law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   4.  Fees and charges [prohibited] AUTHORIZED.  [Emergency] (A) SUBJECT
 TO THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN  PARAGRAPH  (D)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 EMERGENCY  and  general  ambulance  service, INCLUDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH
 LAW,  authorized pursuant to this section [shall] MAY be furnished with-
 out cost to the person served; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  THE  AUTHORITIES
 HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03579-11-2
 A. 534--B                           2
 
 SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES
 MAY  FIX  A SCHEDULE OF FEES OR CHARGES TO BE PAID BY PERSONS REQUESTING
 SUCH SERVICE OR SERVICES. THE  AUTHORITIES  HAVING  CONTROL  OF  A  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT  OR  FIRE  COMPANY MAY PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES AND
 CHARGES OR MAY FORMULATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION THERE-
 OF BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY. WHEN  FEES  AND  CHARGES  ARE
 AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FEES AND CHARGES COLLECTED
 SHALL BE DISBURSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WRITTEN  CONTRACT  ENTERED  INTO
 BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY HAVING CONTROL OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPA-
 NY  AND  THE  FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE COMPANY ITSELF.  The acceptance by
 any firefighter of any personal remuneration or  gratuity,  directly  or
 indirectly, from a person served shall be a ground for his or her expul-
 sion or suspension as a member of the fire department or fire company.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, A BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICE WHICH ESTABLISHES A SCHEDULE OF  FEES
 FOR  SERVICE SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A PROVIDER OR PROVIDERS OF
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES TO PROVIDE  SUCH  ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT
 SERVICES.  SUCH  CONTRACT  SHALL  AT  A  MINIMUM  ESTABLISH THE FEES FOR
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE MEANS BY WHICH SAID PROVIDER WILL
 BE REIMBURSED WHEN THE AMBULANCE SERVICE  BILLS  FOR  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL
 SERVICE.
   (C)  AN  EMERGENCY  AND GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  LAW,  AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHICH DOES NOT ISSUE A
 BILL FOR ITS SERVICES AND WHICH REQUESTS AN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT  (ALS)
 INTERCEPT  FROM  ANOTHER AMBULANCE SERVICE FURNISHING SERVICE IN AN AREA
 THAT IS DESIGNATED AS A RURAL AREA BY  ANY  LAW  OR  REGULATION  OF  THE
 STATE,  OR  THAT  IS  LOCATED  IN A RURAL CENSUS TRACT OF A METROPOLITAN
 STATISTICAL AREA (AS DETERMINED UNDER THE MOST RECENT GOLDSMITH  MODIFI-
 CATION),  SHALL PAY THE AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDING THE ALS INTERCEPT AN
 ALS RURAL INTERCEPT FEE AT RATES NEGOTIATED  BETWEEN  THE  PROVIDERS  OF
 SUCH  SERVICES.  IN  THE  ABSENCE  OF ANY AGREED UPON RATES, THE SERVICE
 RECEIVING SUCH ALS INTERCEPT SHALL PAY THE  SERVICE  PROVIDING  THE  ALS
 INTERCEPT  FOR  SUCH  SERVICES  AT THE USUAL AND CUSTOMARY CHARGE, WHICH
 SHALL NOT BE EXCESSIVE OR UNREASONABLE.
   (D) AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE  SERVICE,  INCLUDING  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO  FIX  A  SCHEDULE  OF
 FEES  OR  CHARGES  TO  BE  PAID  BY  PERSONS  REQUESTING SUCH SERVICE OR
 SERVICES, MAY APPLY SUCH FEES AND CHARGES  ONLY  WITHIN  SUCH  SERVICE'S
 PRIMARY  RESPONSE  TERRITORY  AS ASSIGNED AND EVIDENCED BY A VALID AMBU-
 LANCE SERVICE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION  THREE  THOUSAND FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, ON OR BEFORE
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO.
   (E) AN EMERGENCY AND GENERAL AMBULANCE  SERVICE,  INCLUDING  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICE  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW, AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT DIRECTLY ISSUE
 A BILL FOR ITS SERVICES TO ANY UNINSURED RECIPIENT OF SUCH SERVICES.
   § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b  of  the  general
 municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (e)  [No]  A  contract  [shall]  MAY  be  entered into pursuant to the
 provisions of this section for the services of an emergency  rescue  and
 first aid squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to
 the  provisions  of section two hundred nine-b of [the general municipal
 law] THIS CHAPTER;
 A. 534--B                           3
 
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 184 of the town law, as amended by chap-
 ter 599 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Whenever  the town board shall have established or extended a fire
 protection district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the town
 board shall provide for the furnishing of  fire  protection  within  the
 district  and  for that purpose may (a) contract with any city, village,
 fire district or incorporated  fire  company  maintaining  adequate  and
 suitable  apparatus and appliances for the furnishing of fire protection
 in such district or (b) may acquire by gift or purchase  such  apparatus
 and  appliances for use in such district and may contract with any city,
 village, fire district or incorporated fire company for operation, main-
 tenance, and  repair  of  the  same  and  for  the  furnishing  of  fire
 protection  in such district, or both. The contract may also provide for
 the furnishing of (1) emergency service in case of accidents, calamities
 or other emergencies in connection with which the services of firefight-
 ers would be required and (2) general ambulance service subject,  howev-
 er,  to  the  provisions  of  section  two hundred nine-b of the general
 municipal law. In the event that the fire  department  or  fire  company
 furnishing fire protection within the district pursuant to contract does
 not  maintain  and  operate an ambulance then a separate contract may be
 made for the furnishing  within  the  district  of  emergency  ambulance
 service or general ambulance service, or both, with any city, village or
 fire district the fire department of which, or with an incorporated fire
 company  having  its  headquarters outside the district which, maintains
 and operates an ambulance subject, however, in the case of general ambu-
 lance service, to the provisions of section two hundred  nine-b  of  the
 general municipal law, or with an ambulance service, certified or regis-
 tered pursuant to article thirty of the public health law[, which is not
 organized  under  the  provisions  of  section two hundred nine-b of the
 general municipal law].  Any  such  contract  with  any  such  ambulance
 service  permitted  herein  shall  be  subject to the provisions of this
 section.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law and shall apply to health care claims submitted on or
 after such date.

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Marjorie Byrnes

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Melissa Miller

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co-Sponsors

Edward Ra

Charles Lavine

Carrie Woerner

David DiPietro

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Marjorie Byrnes

Steven Englebright

Melissa Miller

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co-Sponsors

Edward Ra

Charles Lavine

Carrie Woerner

David DiPietro