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Senate Bill S7166

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-S7166 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A645
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3000-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5019
2015-2016: S38
2017-2018: S280
2019-2020: S4310
2021-2022: S723, A3821
2023-2024: S3229, A333

2025-S7166 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S7166 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7166 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7166
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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  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
 having a population of less than two million provided such county is not
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02282-01-5

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