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Senate Bill S7261A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires 911 call-takers and dispatchers to complete T-CPR training

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2025-S7261 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5371
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §328, County L; add §10-187, NYC Ad Cd

2025-S7261 - Summary

Requires 911 call-takers and dispatchers to complete telecommunicator CPR training which shall include recognizing signs of cardiac arrest during emergency calls, providing instructions for initiating CPR instructions to callers, coordinating with emergency medical services dispatch, and using automated external defibrillators when available and appropriate.

2025-S7261 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7261 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7261
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law and the administrative code of  the  city
   of New York, in relation to requiring CPR training for 911 call-takers
   and dispatchers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 328 of the county law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "CPR" OR "CARDIOPULMO-
 NARY RESUSCITATION" SHALL MEAN MEASURES,  AS  SPECIFIED  IN  REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,  TO  RESTORE FUNCTION OR
 SUPPORT VENTILATION IN THE EVENT OF A CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY ARREST. CPR
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE MEASURES TO IMPROVE VENTILATION AND  CARDIAC  FUNCTION
 IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ARREST.
   (B)  THE  BOARD SHALL REQUIRE THAT ALL 911 CALL-TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS
 COMPLETE CPR TRAINING AND AN ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP TRAINING. SUCH CPR  TRAIN-
 ING SHALL FOLLOW NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GUIDELINES AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
   (1) RECOGNIZING SIGNS OF CARDIAC ARREST DURING EMERGENCY CALLS;
   (2) PROVIDING STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR INITIATING CPR TO CALLERS;
   (3)  COORDINATING  WITH  EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISPATCH TO ENSURE
 TIMELY ARRIVAL OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; AND
   (4) USING AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS WHEN AVAILABLE AND  APPRO-
 PRIATE.
   (C)  ALL 911 CALL-TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS EMPLOYED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL COMPLETE SUCH CPR TRAINING WITHIN  TWELVE
 MONTHS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL COMPLETE A
 FOLLOW-UP  TRAINING  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER.  ALL  911   CALL-TAKERS   AND
 DISPATCHERS  HIRED  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00863-01-5
 S. 7261                             2
              

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2025-S7261A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5371
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §328, County L; add §10-187, NYC Ad Cd

2025-S7261A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires 911 call-takers and dispatchers to complete telecommunicator CPR training which shall include recognizing signs of cardiac arrest during emergency calls, providing instructions for initiating CPR instructions to callers, coordinating with emergency medical services dispatch, and using automated external defibrillators when available and appropriate.

2025-S7261A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7261A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7261--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. FAHY, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the county law and the administrative code of the city
   of New York, in relation to requiring telecommunicator cardiopulmonary
   resuscitation training for 911 call-takers and dispatchers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  328 of the county law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (1) "CPR" OR "CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION" SHALL MEAN  MEASURES,  AS
 SPECIFIED  IN  REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, TO
 RESTORE FUNCTION OR SUPPORT VENTILATION IN THE EVENT  OF  A  CARDIAC  OR
 RESPIRATORY  ARREST.  CPR  SHALL  NOT INCLUDE MEASURES TO IMPROVE VENTI-
 LATION AND CARDIAC FUNCTION IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ARREST.
   (2) "T-CPR" OR "TELECOMMUNICATOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION"  SHALL
 MEAN  DISPATCHER ASSISTED, HIGH QUALITY CPR INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO CALLERS
 DURING A CARDIAC ARREST.
   (B) THE BOARD SHALL REQUIRE THAT ALL 911 CALL-TAKERS  AND  DISPATCHERS
 COMPLETE  T-CPR  TRAINING  AND  AN ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP TRAINING. SUCH T-CPR
 TRAINING SHALL FOLLOW NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED,  EVIDENCE-BASED  GUIDELINES
 AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
   (1) RECOGNIZING SIGNS OF CARDIAC ARREST DURING EMERGENCY CALLS;
   (2)   PROVIDING   STEP-BY-STEP   INSTRUCTIONS   FOR   INITIATING   CPR
 INSTRUCTIONS TO CALLERS;
   (3) COORDINATING WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES  DISPATCH  TO  ENSURE
 TIMELY ARRIVAL OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; AND
   (4)  USING AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS WHEN AVAILABLE AND APPRO-
 PRIATE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00863-03-5
              

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