Exempts ambulance services from tolls on any highway, bridge, tunnel or other toll on toll roads within the state at any time.

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S2372-2011 Actions

• Jun 5, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Mar 26, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 2372A
• Mar 26, 2012: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
• Jan 19, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S2372-2011 Votes

S2372-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2372

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
in relation to exempting certain ambulance services from the payment of
tolls

PURPOSE:
The purpose of the legislation is to exempt both commercial
and voluntary ambulance services from paying tolls on the New York
State Thruway.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the legislation provides that
the payment of tolls on any highway, bridge, tunnel or other toll
road in the state shall not apply to a commercial ambulance service
or a voluntary ambulance service, regardless of whether or not they
are responding to an emergency.

EXISTING LAW:
Under current law, an ambulance service is exempt from
tolls only when traveling with its lights and sirens on during an
emergency operation.

JUSTIFICATION:
In many parts of the state, the New
York State Thruway
is the fastest and most direct route for ambulances to travel not
only to emergencies but also to local health care facilities.
Ambulance services are struggling with increased costs, the declining
economy, and inadequate Medicaid reimbursement. To require ambulance
services to pay for Thruway tolls only exacerbates this problem, and
often results in the patient being forced to pay for the added costs.
Other emergency vehicles, including State Police and fire vehicles,
are exempt from tolls - it is only right that ambulances should also
be afforded this courtesy.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.4469 of 2009-10

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S2372-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    2372

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 19, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  BONACIC, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, RANZENHOFER --
    read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
    the Committee on Transportation

  AN  ACT  in  relation  to  exempting certain ambulance services from the
    payment of tolls

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
  the  payment  of tolls on any highway, bridge, tunnel or other toll road
  within the state shall not apply to an ambulance service as  defined  in
  subdivision  two  of section three thousand one of the public health law
  or a voluntary ambulance service as defined in subdivision three of such
  section, regardless of whether or not such vehicles are responding to an
  emergency.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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