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Assembly Bill A645

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises

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2025-A645 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3000-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3821
2023-2024: A333

2025-A645 - Summary

Authorizes the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises.

2025-A645 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    645
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  authorizing  the
   presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  3000-c  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 472 of the laws of 2024, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i)  an  ambulance  service  or
 advanced  life support first response service; a certified first respon-
 der, firefighter in a county, city, town or village having a  population
 of  less  than  two  million  provided such county is not wholly located
 within a city with a population of  more  than  one  million,  emergency
 medical  technician,  or  advanced  emergency medical technician, who is
 employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii) a children's
 overnight camp as defined in subdivision one of section thirteen hundred
 ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day camp as defined in  subdivision
 two  of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a traveling
 summer day camp as defined in  subdivision  three  of  section  thirteen
 hundred  ninety-two of this chapter or a person employed by such a camp;
 (iii) a school district,  board  of  cooperative  educational  services,
 county  vocational  education  and  extension board, charter school, and
 non-public elementary and secondary school in this state or  any  person
 employed  by  any  such  entity,  or employed by a contractor of such an
 entity while performing services for the entity; (iv) a  sports,  enter-
 tainment, amusement, education, government, day care or retail facility;
 an  educational  institution,  youth  organization  or sports league; an
 establishment that serves food; or a person employed by such entity; (v)
 a police officer or peace officer in a county,  city,  town  or  village
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2025-A645A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3000-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3821
2023-2024: A333

2025-A645A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises.

2025-A645A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  645--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Health  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the
   presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 502 of the  laws  of  2025,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "Eligible  person  or  entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or
 advanced life support first response service; a certified first  respon-
 der,  firefighter in a county, city, town or village having a population
 of less than two million provided such  county  is  not  wholly  located
 within  a  city  with  a  population of more than one million, emergency
 medical technician, or advanced emergency  medical  technician,  who  is
 employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii) a children's
 overnight camp as defined in subdivision one of section thirteen hundred
 ninety-two  of this chapter, a summer day camp as defined in subdivision
 two of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a  traveling
 summer  day  camp  as  defined  in subdivision three of section thirteen
 hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person employed by such a  camp;
 (iii)  a  school  district,  board  of cooperative educational services,
 county vocational education and extension  board,  charter  school,  and
 non-public  elementary  and secondary school in this state or any person
 employed by any such entity, or employed by  a  contractor  of  such  an
 entity  while  performing services for the entity; (iv) a sports, enter-
 tainment, amusement, education, government, day care or retail facility;

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

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