S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
April 24, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Small Business
AN ACT to amend the labor law and the public health law, in relation to
requiring small businesses to have and maintain a first aid kit on the
premises of the business at all times
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 476 to
read as follows:
§ 476. FIRST AID KITS IN SMALL BUSINESSES. ALL BUSINESSES WITH FIFTY
OR LESS EMPLOYEES SHALL PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTAIN ON THE PREMISES
AT ALL TIMES, A COMPLETE FIRST AID KIT CONTAINING ALL THAT EQUIPMENT
REASONABLY CALCULATED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID TO INJURED
PERSONS. SUCH FIRST AID KITS SHALL BE STORED IN A READILY ACCESSIBLE
LOCATION AND AVAILABLE FOR USE BY ANY PERSON WHO ENTERS THE PREMISES OF
THE BUSINESS.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is amended
by adding a new paragraph (z) to read as follows:
(Z) SUPERVISE AND REGULATE COMPLIANCE WITH FIRST AID KIT REQUIREMENTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE LABOR LAW. SUCH
COMPLIANCE SHALL BE VISUALLY CONFIRMED AND OBSERVED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
ANY OTHER HEALTH OR SAFETY INSPECTION PERFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR BY
CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVEN-
TY-SIX-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF COMPLIANCE IS
CONFIRMED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, SUCH PERSONNEL SHALL NOTIFY THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX OF THE
LABOR LAW.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09269-01-5
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