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Assembly Bill A4795

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a study on the impacts of electric vehicles on personal medical devices

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2025-A4795 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Health, Commissioner of
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6416

2025-A4795 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health and the president of the New York state energy research and development authority (NYSERDA) to study and make recommendations on the impacts of electric vehicles on personal medical devices.

2025-A4795 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4795
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. E. BROWN, DiPIETRO, BEEPHAN, HAWLEY, ANGELINO --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of health and the pres-
   ident of the New York state energy research and development  authority
   to  conduct  a  study  on the impacts of electric vehicles on personal
   medical devices
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of health and the president of the New
 York state energy research and development authority (NYSERDA) are here-
 by directed to study and make recommendations on the impacts of electric
 vehicles on personal medical devices.
   § 2. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a) analysis of the effect of the proximity to electrical power sourc-
 es in vehicles on medical devices, including but not limited to, cardiac
 implantable electronic devices; and
   (b) analysis of electric  vehicles  and  electromagnetic  interference
 (EMI)  with  medical  devices, including, but not limited to, pacemakers
 and defibrillators;
   § 3. Within one year after the effective date of this act, the commis-
 sioner of health and the president of NYSERDA shall submit a  report  of
 the  findings  and recommendations pursuant to this act to the governor,
 the temporary president of  the  senate,  the  minority  leader  of  the
 senate,  the  speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assem-
 bly, and the chairs and ranking  members  of  the  senate  and  assembly
 committees  on  health  and  shall post such report on the department of
 health's website and NYSERDA's website.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07265-01-5

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