assembly Bill A744

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain health clubs to have at least one automated external defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff, members and guests

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

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 23, 2022 signed chap.643
Nov 22, 2022 delivered to governor
May 11, 2022 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.1022
substituted for s5262
Mar 10, 2022 referred to consumer protection
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jan 05, 2022 ordered to third reading cal.45
Jan 28, 2021 advanced to third reading cal.64
Jan 26, 2021 reported
reported referred to codes
Jan 06, 2021 referred to health

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May 11, 2022 - floor Vote

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Floor Vote: May 11, 2022

aye (62)
excused (1)

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A744 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5262
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §627-a, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11110
2019-2020: A2338

A744 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health clubs with a membership of 50 or more to have at least 1 automated external defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff, members and guests.

A744 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    744
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. WALLACE, ABINANTI -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the requirement
   that certain health clubs shall have at least one  automated  external
   defibrillator available upon the premises

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 627-a of the general business law,
 as amended by chapter 31 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Every  health club as defined under paragraph b of subdivision one
 of section three thousand-d of the public health law whose membership is
 [five hundred] FIFTY persons or more shall have AVAILABLE on  the  prem-
 ises IN A MANNER THAT PROVIDES OBVIOUS AND READY ACCESSIBILITY TO STAFF,
 MEMBERS  AND  GUESTS  at  least one automated external defibrillator and
 shall have in attendance, at all times during staffed business hours, at
 least one individual performing employment or individual  acting  as  an
 authorized  volunteer who holds a valid certification of completion of a
 course in the study of the operation of AEDs and a  valid  certification
 of  the completion of a course in the training of cardiopulmonary resus-
 citation provided by a nationally  recognized  organization  or  associ-
 ation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02205-01-1