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Assembly Bill A8461

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires employers to include an epinephrine auto-injector device where first aid kits are required by federal law

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2025-A8461 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §27-f, Lab L

2025-A8461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires employers to include an epinephrine auto-injector device where first aid kits are required by federal law.

2025-A8461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8461
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. STECK, WALSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation  to  requiring  employers  to
   include  an  epinephrine  auto-injector  device  in first aid supplies
   required by federal law
 
   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 27-f to
 read as follows:
   § 27-F. REQUIRING FIRST AID MATERIALS IN A  WORKPLACE  TO  INCLUDE  AN
 EPINEPHRINE  AUTO-INJECTOR  DEVICE.  1. ALL EMPLOYERS THAT ARE FEDERALLY
 MANDATED TO HAVE FIRST AID SUPPLIES READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE  TREATMENT
 OF  ALL  INJURED  EMPLOYEES  MUST  INCLUDE  AN EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR
 DEVICE IN SUCH FIRST AID SUPPLIES.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "EMPLOYER" SHALL INCLUDE ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED  LIABIL-
 ITY  COMPANY, OR ASSOCIATION EMPLOYING ANY INDIVIDUAL IN ANY OCCUPATION,
 INDUSTRY, TRADE, BUSINESS, OR SERVICE, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE  A  GOVERN-
 MENTAL AGENCY.
   (B)  "EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR DEVICE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
 PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-C
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11941-01-5

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