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Senate Bill S10434

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to collect certain data from relevant entities regarding calls and dispatches for emergency medical services

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2025-S10434 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3011, Pub Health L

2025-S10434 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to collect certain data from relevant entities, and designated public safety answering points to receive 911 service calls, regarding calls and dispatches for emergency medical services; establishes reporting requirements.

2025-S10434 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10434
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   department  of  health to collect certain data from entities regarding
   calls and dispatches for emergency medical services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3011 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. A. THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  COLLECT,  FROM  ALL  RELEVANT  ENTITIES
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS ARTICLE AND FROM DESIGNATED PUBLIC
 SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS TO RECEIVE  911  SERVICE  CALLS  IN  THE  STATE,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE STATE POLICE AND THE OFFICE OF HOMELAND
 SECURITY, AND PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOLLOWING DATA ELEMENTS INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I)  THE  ACTUAL NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF ALL DISPATCHES FOR EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICES IN THEIR PRIMARY SERVICE OPERATING TERRITORY;
   (II) THE ACTUAL NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF ALL DISPATCHES FOR  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICES IN THEIR PRIMARY SERVICE OPERATING TERRITORY EXCLUDING
 INTERFACILITY NON-EMERGENCY TRIPS;
   (III) THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGES OF  DISPATCHES  MADE  PURSUANT  TO  A
 MUTUAL  AID  AGREEMENT,  AGGREGATED  BY  CITY,  COUNTY, TOWN AND VILLAGE
 ACROSS THE STATE;
   (IV) THE TIMELINES AND STANDARDS FOR DISPATCHES  MADE  PURSUANT  TO  A
 MUTUAL  AID  AGREEMENT,  AGGREGATED  BY  CITY,  COUNTY, TOWN AND VILLAGE
 ACROSS THE STATE;
   (V) THE RESPONSE TIMES FOR  EACH  DISPATCH  FOR  EACH  PUBLIC  SERVICE
 ANSWERING POINT ACROSS THE STATE;
   (VI)  THE  NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS FOR EACH EMS PROGRAM AGENCY
 INCLUDING PAID AND VOLUNTEER POSITIONS;
   (VII) THE TIME DISPATCH, THE TIME EN ROUTE, AND TIME TO ARRIVE AT  THE
 SCENE OF LIFE THREATENING CALLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; AND
   (VIII) THE TIME DISPATCH, THE TIME EN ROUTE, AND TIME TO ARRIVE AT THE
 SCENE OF ALL CALLS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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