NY State Senate Bill S931

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 22, 2022	approval memo.48 signed chap.727
Dec 12, 2022	delivered to governor
Mar 28, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.572 substituted for s931a
Mar 28, 2022	substituted by a3217a
Mar 03, 2022	advanced to third reading
Mar 02, 2022	2nd report cal.
Mar 01, 2022	1st report cal.572
Jan 05, 2022	referred to energy and telecommunications returned to senate died in assembly
Feb 23, 2021	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 01, 2021	amended on third reading (t) 931a
Jan 25, 2021	advanced to third reading
Jan 20, 2021	2nd report cal.
Jan 19, 2021	1st report cal.115
Jan 06, 2021	referred to energy and telecommunications

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Mar 1, 2022 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

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Feb 23, 2021 - floor Vote

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Jan 19, 2021 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

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Bill Amendments

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S931 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3217
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8898, A10991

S931 - Summary

Defines medical needs for essential electricity as including but not limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass respirators, hemodialysis machines, IV feeding machines, IV medical infusion machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure respirators, respirator/ventilators, rocking bed respirators, suction machines, tank type respirators, as well as any medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health.

S931 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S931

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would add a definition of medically necessary machines
that qualify individuals for documentation as needing essential elec-
tricity for their medical needs.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of section 66 of
the public service law to define customers who need essential electric-
ity for medical needs. This definition includes but is not limited to
apnea monitors for, curiass respirators, hemodialysis machines, IV feed-
ing machines, IN medical infusion machines, oxygen concentrators, posi-
tive pressure respirators, respirators/ventilators, rocking bed respira-
tors, suction machines, tank type respirators, as well as any medical
equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is
likely to be significantly triggered or exacerbated by a continued loss
of power that will adversely impact that individual's health.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, electric companies must identify and conduct outreach
to customers who have documented their need for electricity to operate
their medical equipment, however there is no definition of what types of
devices would qualify for the need for essential electricity. This
legislation enumerates specific machinery, but is not limited to what is
listed, this legislation also takes into account any medical equipment
or equipment necessary for individuals who will be significantly
impacted by a continued loss of power. Currently many individuals who
need essential electricity are able to communicate with their electric
company, however Tropical Storm Isais has proven that there are signif-
icantly more who were left behind. This legislation seeks to protect all
individuals whose loss of power to their medical equipment or other
equipment could be devastating for. From a newborn who need an apnea
monitor, to an individual with COPD who needs an oxygen concentrator, to
someone with debilitating asthma triggered by heat and humidity, this
legislation will save countless lives.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 8898/A. 10991; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S931 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    931
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to defining medical
   needs for essential electricity

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
 section 66 of the public service law, as added by section 4 of part X of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) identification of and outreach plans to customers who had  docu-
 mented  their  need  for  essential electricity for medical needs, WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, APNEA MONITORS FOR INFANTS, CUIRASS
 RESPIRATORS, HEMODIALYSIS MACHINES,  IV  FEEDING  MACHINES,  IV  MEDICAL
 INFUSION  MACHINES, OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS, POSITIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATORS,
 RESPIRATOR/VENTILATORS, ROCKING BED RESPIRATORS, SUCTION MACHINES,  TANK
 TYPE  RESPIRATORS,  AS WELL AS ANY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT NECES-
 SARY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE DIAGNOSIS IS  LIKELY  TO  BE  SIGNIFICANTLY
 TRIGGERED OR SIGNIFICANTLY EXACERBATED BY A CONTINUED LOSS OF POWER THAT
 WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THAT INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02589-01-1

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S931A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3217
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8898, A10991

S931A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S931A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S931A

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to defining medical needs for essential electricity and to
require certain service providers' emergency response plans to include
outreach plans for customers who have documented their need for essen-
tial electricity for medical needs

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of section 66 of
the public service law to define customers who need essential electric-
ity for medical needs. This definition includes but is not limited to
apnea monitors for infants, curiass respirators, hemodialysis machines,
IV feeding machines, IN medical infusion machines, oxygen concentrators,
positive pressure respirators, respirators/ventilators, rocking bed
respirators, suction machines, tank type respirators, as well as any
medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagno-
sis is likely to be significantly triggered or exacerbated by a contin-

ued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health.

Section 2 amends Paragraph 1 of subdivision (cc) of section 1020-f of
the public services law to make additions to the emergency response
plan. Specifically such emergency response plan shall include identifi-
cation of customers who have documented their need for essential elec-
tricity for medical needs which includes but is not limited to apnea
monitors for infants, curiass respirators, hemodialysis machines, IV
feeding machines, IN medical infusion machines, oxygen concentrators,
positive pressure respirators, respirators/ventilators, rocking bed
respirators, suction machines, tank type respirators, as well as any
medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagno-
sis is likely to be significantly triggered or exacerbated by a contin-
ued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, electric companies must identify and conduct outreach
to customers who have documented their need for electricity to operate
their medical equipment, however there is no definition of what types of
devices would qualify for the need for essential electricity. This
legislation enumerates specific machinery, but is not limited to what is
listed, this legislation also takes into account any medical equipment
or equipment necessary for individuals who will be significantly
impacted by a continued loss of power. Currently many individuals who
need essential electricity are able to communicate with their electric
company, however Tropical Storm Isais has proven that there are signif-
icantly more who were left behind. This legislation seeks to protect all
individuals whose loss of power to their medical equipment or other
equipment could be devastating for. From a newborn who need an apnea
monitor, to an individual with COPD who needs an oxygen concentrator, to
someone with debilitating asthma triggered by heat and humidity, this
legislation will save countless lives.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S. 8898/A. 10991; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S931A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  931--A
     Cal. No. 115
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
   communications  --  reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
   first and second report, ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
   in relation to defining medical needs for essential electricity and to
   require certain service providers' emergency response plans to include
   outreach plans for customers who have documented their need for essen-
   tial electricity for medical needs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
 section 66 of the public service law, as added by section 4 of part X of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii) identification of and outreach plans to customers who had  docu-
 mented  their  need  for  essential electricity for medical needs, WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, APNEA MONITORS FOR INFANTS, CUIRASS
 RESPIRATORS, HEMODIALYSIS MACHINES,  IV  FEEDING  MACHINES,  IV  MEDICAL
 INFUSION  MACHINES, OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS, POSITIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATORS,
 RESPIRATOR/VENTILATORS, ROCKING BED RESPIRATORS, SUCTION MACHINES,  TANK
 TYPE  RESPIRATORS,  AS WELL AS ANY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT NECES-
 SARY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE DIAGNOSIS IS  LIKELY  TO  BE  SIGNIFICANTLY
 TRIGGERED OR SIGNIFICANTLY EXACERBATED BY A CONTINUED LOSS OF POWER THAT
 WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THAT INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH;
   §  2.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision (cc) of section 1020-f of the public
 authorities law, as added by section 7 of part A of chapter 173  of  the
 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  service  provider  shall, in consultation with the authority,
 prepare and maintain an  emergency  response  plan  (i)  to  assure  the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02589-02-1

 S. 931--A                           2
 
 reasonably  prompt  restoration  of  service in the case of an emergency
 event, defined for purposes of this subdivision as an event where  wide-
 spread outages have occurred in the authority's service territory due to
 a  storm  or  other  causes  beyond the control of the authority and the
 service provider, (ii) consistent with the requirements of paragraph (a)
 of subdivision twenty-one of section sixty-six of the public service law
 and any regulations and orders adopted thereto, and  (iii)  establishing
 the  separate  responsibilities  of  the authority and service provider.
 SUCH  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  PLAN  SHALL  INCLUDE  IDENTIFICATION  OF  AND
 OUTREACH  PLANS  FOR CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE DOCUMENTED THEIR NEED FOR ESSEN-
 TIAL ELECTRICITY FOR MEDICAL NEEDS,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO, APNEA MONITORS FOR INFANTS, CUIRASS RESPIRATORS, HEMODIALY-
 SIS MACHINES, INTRAVENOUS FEEDING MACHINES, INTRAVENOUS MEDICAL INFUSION
 MACHINES,   OXYGEN   CONCENTRATORS,   POSITIVE   PRESSURE   RESPIRATORS,
 RESPIRATORS/VENTILATORS, ROCKING BED RESPIRATORS, SUCTION MACHINES, TANK
 TYPE  RESPIRATORS,  AS WELL AS ANY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT NECES-
 SARY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE DIAGNOSIS IS  LIKELY  TO  BE  SIGNIFICANTLY
 TRIGGERED OR SIGNIFICANTLY EXACERBATED BY A CONTINUED LOSS OF POWER THAT
 WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THAT INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Votes

Mar 28, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 28, 2022

Mar 1, 2022 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

Committee Vote: Mar 1, 2022

Feb 23, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 23, 2021

Jan 19, 2021 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

Energy and Telecommunications Committee Vote: Jan 19, 2021

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

S931 - Details

S931 - Summary

S931 - Sponsor Memo

S931 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S931A (ACTIVE) - Details

S931A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S931A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S931A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Anna M. Kaplan

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3217 - Signed by Governor

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Votes

Mar 28, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 28, 2022

Mar 1, 2022 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

Committee Vote: Mar 1, 2022

Feb 23, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 23, 2021

Jan 19, 2021 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

Energy and Telecommunications Committee Vote: Jan 19, 2021

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

James Gaughran

S931 - Details

S931 - Summary

S931 - Sponsor Memo

S931 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr

James Gaughran

Anthony H. Palumbo

S931A (ACTIVE) - Details

S931A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S931A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S931A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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