Assembly Bill A7361

                             
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                                   7361
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to fee  schedules
   for ambulance service
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 122-b of the general municipal law  is  amended  by
 adding three new subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 to read as follows:
   6.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  LICENSED  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENTS  WHICH  RECEIVE
 PATIENTS  VIA  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING FEE
 SCHEDULE PAYABLE TO THE AMBULANCE SERVICE PROVIDER:
   (A) NO FEE WHERE UPON AMBULANCE ARRIVAL ON THE EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENT'S
 PROPERTY,  AMBULANCE PATIENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED AND THE AMBULANCE SERVICE
 RELEASED TO SERVICE OTHER EMERGENCY CALLS IN UNDER THIRTY MINUTES.
   (B) FEE WHERE EVERY THIRTY MINUTES FOLLOWING THE INITIAL THIRTY MINUTE
 PERIOD WHEREBY A PATIENT IS WAITING TO BE  ADMITTED  AND  THE  AMBULANCE
 SERVICE  IS  PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE PATIENT AND/OR IS RENDERED UNABLE
 TO RESPOND TO OTHER EMERGENCY  SERVICE  CALLS,  THERE  SHALL  BE  A  FEE
 IMPOSED  UTILIZING UPON THE DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY SERVICES MOBILIZATION
 RATES PRORATED TO THIRTY-MINUTE INCREMENTS.
   7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  LICENSED  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENTS  WHICH  RECEIVE
 PATIENTS VIA AMBULANCE SERVICE SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING  FEE
 SCHEDULE  PAYABLE  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ALL AMBULANCE SERVICES
 AWAITING ADMITTANCE OF A PATIENT IN THEIR CARE AND  RENDERED  UNABLE  TO
 RESPOND  TO  OTHER  EMERGENCY  SERVICE CALLS, THE FOLLOWING FEE SCHEDULE
 SHALL APPLY:
   (A) AFTER ONE HOUR ELAPSES, THE FEE  IMPOSED  SHALL  BE  ONE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS.  FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT HOUR AFTER THE FIRST HOUR, THE FEE IMPOSED
 WILL INCREASE BY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER HOUR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11082-01-5
              

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   (B) THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL REVIEW THE FEE SCHEDULE EVERY  FOUR
 YEARS AND DETERMINE INCREASES BASED UPON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
   8. (A) AMBULANCE SERVICES WHO IMPLEMENT THE FEE SCHEDULE AUTHORIZED BY
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL BILL THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
   (B)  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENTS  SHALL  RENDER  PAYMENT  TO  THE AMBULANCE
 PROVIDER WITHIN SIXTY DAYS. LATE PAYMENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  A  THREE
 PERCENT INTEREST FEE PER MONTH FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT THIRTY DAY PERIOD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.