Senate Bill S7839

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to ambulance services which provide transportation by aircraft

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8788 - Signed by Governor

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

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2021-S7839 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8788
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3003-b, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.4085-A & A.2561-B)

2021-S7839 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to ambulance services which provide transportation by aircraft.

2021-S7839 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7839
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to ambulance services
   which provide transportation by aircraft; and to amend  a  chapter  of
   the laws of 2021 amending the public health law relating to availabil-
   ity of air transport ambulance service providers to store and distrib-
   ute  blood,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4085-A and A.
   2561-B, 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.  Section  3003-b  of  the public health law, as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public health law  relating  to
 availability  of  air transport ambulance service providers to store and
 distribute blood, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4085-A and
 A. 2561-B, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3003-b. Availability of [air transport] ambulance  service  [provid-
 ers]  THAT  PROVIDES  TRANSPORTATION BY AIRCRAFT to store and distribute
 blood and initiate and administer blood transfusions.  1.  [As  used  in
 this section, "air transport services" shall mean emergency medical care
 and  the transportation of sick or injured persons by aircraft to, from,
 or between general hospitals or other health care facilities.
   2.]  An ambulance service [provider] licensed under this article  that
 provides  [air  transport services] TRANSPORTATION BY AIRCRAFT may store
 and distribute human blood and blood products at  all  their  facilities
 and  QUALIFIED MEDICAL AND HEALTH PERSONNEL, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE,
 OPERATING  WITHIN  AN AMBULANCE SERVICE LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, MAY
 initiate and administer human blood and blood product transfusions while
 providing air transport services.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "AIR  TRANS-
 PORT  SERVICES"  MEANS  EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF
 SICK OR INJURED PERSONS BY AIRCRAFT TO, FROM OR BETWEEN  GENERAL  HOSPI-
 TALS OR OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
   [3.] 2. Notwithstanding [section] TITLE five [hundred seventy-four] of
 ARTICLE  FIVE OF this chapter, any ambulance service [provider] licensed
 [pursuant to] UNDER    this  article  that  provides  TRANSPORTATION  BY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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