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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Feb 05, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S3354
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S3354 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2185
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3008, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
-
S1315
2015-S3354 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3354 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to applications for determination of public need PURPOSE: To clarify the right of a municipality or a fire district to establish an advanced life support first response service or municipal ambulance service within the municipality or fire district when it meets Health Department training, staffing, and equipment standards SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Subdivision 7 (b) of Section 3008 of the Public Health Law is amended by removing the requirement that a municipality or fire district apply to the regional emergency medical services council for permanent operating authority at the conclusion of its initial two-year period. Requires the Commissioner of Health to approve the application for permanent operating authority if the service meets applicable training, staffing and equipment standards, unless the municipality or fire district has caused a detrimental impact on services in the surrounding region.
2015-S3354 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3354 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 applications for determination of public need THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 3008 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: (b) [In the case of an application for certification pursuant to this subdivision, for a municipal advanced life support or municipal ambu- lance service, to serve the area within the municipality, where the proposed service meets or exceeds the appropriate training, staffing and equipment standards, there shall be a strong presumption in favor of approving the application.] Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any [city with a population of fourteen thousand seven hundred or sixty-two thousand two hundred thirty-five, according to the two thousand ten federal decennial census] MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THIS STATE, or fire district acting on behalf of any such [city] MUNICIPALITY, [that] WHICH applies for permanent certification pursuant to this [section] SUBDIVISION at the conclusion of the two year period [provided in] CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF this subdivision, shall not be required to apply to its regional emergency medical services council [or the state emergency medical services council] for a determination of need, and the application shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner unless the commissioner finds that the municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service has failed to meet the appropriate training, staffing and equipment stand- ards AND/OR THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE MUNICIPAL ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDER SERVICE OR MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICE HAS CAUSED A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON SERVICES IN THE SURROUNDING REGION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06552-01-5
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