NY State Senate Bill 2015-S3482B

Senate Bill S3482B

Vetoed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to comprehensive emergency management provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Vetoed By Governor
Signed By Governor

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Oct 26, 2015	tabled vetoed memo.205
Oct 14, 2015	delivered to governor
Jun 11, 2015	returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s3482b
Jun 11, 2015	substituted by a5125b ordered to third reading cal.1486 committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 30, 2015	print number 3482b
Apr 30, 2015	amend and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
Mar 25, 2015	print number 3482a
Mar 25, 2015	amend and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
Feb 10, 2015	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Votes

- Jun 11, 2015 - Floor Vote
  A5125
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2015
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Diaz
      
      Libous
  Jun 11, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote
  S3482B
  
  24
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 11, 2015
      
      aye (24)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Perkins

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2015-S3482 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5125
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§23 & 24, Exec L

2015-S3482 - Summary

Relates to comprehensive emergency management plans' provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more.

2015-S3482 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3482

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to comprehensive
emergency management provisions for homecare and hospice in counties
and in cities with a population of one million or more

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is for counties and cities with a population
of one million or more to establish comprehensive emergency management
plans, which would include provisions for the deployment of home
health care and hospice personnel during local emergencies.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. All counties and all cities with a population of one
million or more shall prepare a comprehensive emergency management
plan.

Section 2. The preparation of such plans to be adopted shall be with
the coordination, advice, and assistance from organizations that
provide home health care services and organizations that provide
hospice services, in addition to the other entities already provided
for by law.

Section 3. Such plans shall include procedures for the deployment of
physicians, nurses, medical professionals, personnel deployed by
certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs or
licensed home care services agencies governed under article thirty-six
of the public health law, personnel deployed by hospices certified
pursuant to article forty of the public health law or any other
personnel deemed necessary, including procedures for deployment in
areas where access has otherwise been restricted or subject to curfew
in declared emergencies.

Section 4. Each county and each city with a population of one million
or more shall revise such plans in the event such revisions are needed
to comply with the provisions of this act. Such revised plans would
also be required to be submitted to the disaster preparedness
commission.

Section 5. Clarify's that during a local state of emergency, local
orders may establish a curfew and prohibit and control pedestrian and
vehicular traffic, except essential emergency vehicles and personnel,
and except as consistent with local comprehensive emergency management
plans.

Section 6. Provides for an immediate effective date.

EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:

Currently, the executive law permits counties, cities, towns, and
villages to adopt local comprehensive emergency management plans.
This bill would provide that all counties and all cities with a
population of one million or more prepare such plans.


In addition, this bill would clarify that personnel providing home
health care services and hospice services should be consulted in the
preparation of such plans and that such plans include provisions for
the deployment of such personnel during an emergency.

JUSTIFICATION:

By enacting this legislation, New York State would help to ensure that
the deployment of home health and hospice personnel is adequately
addressed during local emergencies. Access to patients in restricted
zones was a major problem for home care and hospice staff in
responding to Hurricane Sandy as well as other emergency situations,
and this bill seeks to prevent such situations in the future.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2014: A.6530-B/S.4719-B - Vetoed, memo 536.
2013: A.6530 - referred to governmental operations/S.4719-B - Passed
Senate.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3482 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3482

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to provisions  for  home-
  care and hospice in comprehensive emergency management plans

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  23  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  section  4  of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Each county, except those contained within the city  of  New  York,
and  each CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PREPARE A
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. EACH city WITH A POPULATION  OF
LESS  THAN  ONE  MILLION,  town  and  village is authorized to prepare A
comprehensive emergency management [plans] PLAN.  The disaster prepared-
ness commission shall provide assistance and advice for the  development
of  such  plans.  [City]  EACH  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE
MILLION, town and village [plans] PLAN shall  be  coordinated  with  the
county plan.
  S  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 23 of the executive law, as amended by
section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2010,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  5.  In  preparing such plans, cooperation, advice and assistance shall
be sought from local government officials, regional and  local  planning
agencies,  police  agencies,  fire departments and fire companies, local
emergency  management  agencies,  commercial  and  volunteer   ambulance
services,  health  and social services officials, community action agen-
cies, the chief administrator  of  the  courts,  organizations  for  the
elderly and the handicapped, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOME HEALTH CARE
SERVICES,  ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOSPICE SERVICES, other interested
groups and the  general  public.  Such  advice  and  assistance  may  be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01699-03-5

S. 3482                             2

obtained through public hearings held on public notice, or through other
appropriate methods.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs  17  and  18  of  paragraph b of subdivision 7 of
section 23 of the executive law, as amended by section 4 of  part  B  of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph 19 is
added to read as follows:
  (17)  continued  operation  of  governments of political subdivisions;
[and]
  (18) utilization and coordination of programs  to  assist  individuals
with  household  pets  and  service  animals  following a disaster, with
particular attention to means of evacuation, shelter and  transportation
options[.]; AND
  (19)  PROCEDURES  FOR  THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF PHYSICIANS, NURSES, MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS, PERSONNEL DEPLOYED BY  CERTIFIED  HOME  HEALTH  AGENCIES,
LONG TERM HOME HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OR LICENSED HOME CARE SERVICES AGEN-
CIES GOVERNED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, PERSON-
NEL  DEPLOYED  BY  HOSPICES  CERTIFIED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW OR ANY OTHER  PERSONNEL  DEEMED  NECESSARY,  INCLUDING
PROCEDURES  FOR  DEPLOYMENT  IN  AREAS  WHERE  ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN
RESTRICTED OR SUBJECT TO CURFEW IN DECLARED EMERGENCIES.
  S 4. Each county, and each city with a population of  one  million  or
more,  that  on  the  effective  date of this act has already prepared a
comprehensive emergency management plan shall revise such  plan  in  the
event  such  revisions  are needed to comply with the provisions of this
act, and shall submit such revised plan  to  the  disaster  preparedness
commission  on  or before the one hundred eightieth day after the effec-
tive date of this act.
  S 5. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the executive  law,
as  added  by  chapter  640  of  the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
follows:
  a. the establishment of a curfew and the prohibition  and  control  of
pedestrian  and  vehicular  traffic, except essential emergency vehicles
and personnel, AND EXCEPT AS CONSISTENT WITH A LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE EMER-
GENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN;
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3482A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5125
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§23 & 24, Exec L

2015-S3482A - Summary

Relates to comprehensive emergency management plans' provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more.

2015-S3482A - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3482A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
provisions for homecare and hospice in comprehensive emergency
management plans

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to provide that additional information is
a part of comprehensive management plans for counties and cities with
a population of one million or more when preparing a comprehensive
emergency management plan, which would include provisions for home
health care and hospice personnel during local emergencies.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides for all cities with a population of one million or
more to prepare a comprehensive emergency management plan.

Section 2 states that the preparation of such plans be coordinated
with the advice, and assistance from organizations that provide home
health care services and organizations that provide hospice services,
in addition to the other entities already provided for by law.

Section 3 would establish procedures for the deployment of physicians,
nurses, medical professionals, personnel deployed by certified home

health agencies, long term home health care programs or licensed home
care services agencies governed under article thirty-six of the public
health law, personnel deployed by hospices certified pursuant to
article forty of the public health law or any other personnel deemed
necessary, including procedures for deployment in areas where access
has otherwise been restricted or subject to curfew in declared
emergencies.

Section 4 would require each county and each city with a population of
one million or more to revise such plans in the event such revisions
are needed to comply with the provisions of this act. Such revised
plans would also be required to be submitted to the disaster
preparedness commission.

Section 5 would clarify that during a local state of emergency, local
orders may establish a curfew and prohibit and control pedestrian and
vehicular traffic, except essential emergency vehicles and personnel,
and except as consistent with local comprehensive emergency management
plans.

Section 6 provides for an immediate effective date.

EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:

Currently, the executive law permits counties, cities, towns, and
villages to adopt local comprehensive emergency management plans.
This bill would establish procedures in counties and all cities with a
population of one million or more to prepare such plans.

In addition, this bill would clarify that personnel providing home
health care services and hospice services should be consulted in the


preparation of such plans and that such plans include provisions for
the deployment of such personnel during an emergency.

JUSTIFICATION:

By enacting this legislation, New York State would help to ensure that
the deployment of home health and hospice personnel is adequately
addressed during local emergencies. Access to patients in restricted
zones was a major problem for home care and hospice staff in
responding to Hurricane Sandy as well as other emergency situations,
and this bill seeks to prevent such situations in the future.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2014: A.6530-B - S.4719-B -Vetoed memo 536;
2013: A.6530-B - referred to governmental operations

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3482A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3482--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to provisions  for  home-
  care and hospice in comprehensive emergency management plans

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  23  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  section  4  of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. Each county, except those contained within the city  of  New  York,
and  each CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PREPARE A
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. EACH city WITH A POPULATION  OF
LESS  THAN  ONE  MILLION,  town  and  village is authorized to prepare A
comprehensive emergency management [plans] PLAN.  The disaster prepared-
ness commission shall provide assistance and advice for the  development
of  such  plans.  [City]  EACH  CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE
MILLION, town and village [plans] PLAN shall  be  coordinated  with  the
county plan.
  S  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 23 of the executive law, as amended by
section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2010,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  5.  In  preparing such plans, cooperation, advice and assistance shall
be sought from local government officials, regional and  local  planning
agencies,  police  agencies,  fire departments and fire companies, local
emergency  management  agencies,  commercial  and  volunteer   ambulance
services,  health  and social services officials, community action agen-
cies, the chief administrator  of  the  courts,  organizations  for  the
elderly and the handicapped, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOME HEALTH CARE
SERVICES,  ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOSPICE SERVICES, other interested

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01699-05-5

S. 3482--A                          2

groups and the  general  public.  Such  advice  and  assistance  may  be
obtained through public hearings held on public notice, or through other
appropriate methods.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs  17  and  18  of  paragraph b of subdivision 7 of
section 23 of the executive law, as amended by section 4 of  part  B  of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph 19 is
added to read as follows:
  (17)  continued  operation  of  governments of political subdivisions;
[and]
  (18) utilization and coordination of programs  to  assist  individuals
with  household  pets  and  service  animals  following a disaster, with
particular attention to means of evacuation, shelter and  transportation
options[.]; AND
  (19)  PROCEDURES  FOR  ALLOWING  ACCESS BY PHYSICIANS, NURSES, MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS, PERSONNEL OF CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH  AGENCIES,  LONG  TERM
HOME  HEALTH  CARE  PROGRAMS  OR  LICENSED  HOME  CARE SERVICES AGENCIES
GOVERNED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND  PERSON-
NEL OF HOSPICES CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW  OR  ANY  OTHER PERSONNEL DEEMED NECESSARY, INCLUDING PROCEDURES FOR
ALLOWING ACCESS IN AREAS WHERE ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN  RESTRICTED  OR
SUBJECT TO CURFEW IN DECLARED EMERGENCIES.
  S  4.  Each  county, and each city with a population of one million or
more, that on the effective date of this  act  has  already  prepared  a
comprehensive  emergency  management  plan shall revise such plan in the
event such revisions are needed to comply with the  provisions  of  this
act,  and  shall  submit  such revised plan to the disaster preparedness
commission on or before the one hundred eightieth day after  the  effec-
tive date of this act.
  S  5. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the executive law,
as added by chapter 640 of the laws of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a.  the  establishment  of a curfew and the prohibition and control of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic, except  essential  emergency  vehicles
and personnel, AND EXCEPT AS CONSISTENT WITH A LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE EMER-
GENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN;
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3482B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5125
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§23 & 24, Exec L

2015-S3482B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to comprehensive emergency management plans' provisions for homecare and hospice in counties and in cities with a population of one million or more.

2015-S3482B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3482B

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
provisions for homecare and hospice in comprehensive emergency
management plans

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  The purpose of this bill is to
provide that additional information is a part of comprehensive
management plans for counties and cities with a population of one
million or more when preparing a comprehensive emergency management
plan, which would include provisions for home health care and hospice
personnel during local emergencies.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides for all cities with a population of one million or
more to prepare a comprehensive emergency management plan.

Section 2 states that the preparation of such plans be coordinated
with the advice, and assistance from organizations that provide home
health care services and organizations that provide hospice services,
in addition to the other entities already provided for by law.

Section 3 would establish procedures for the deployment of physicians,
nurses, medical professionals, personnel deployed by certified home
health agencies, long term home health care programs or licensed home

care services agencies governed under article thirty-six of the public
health law, personnel deployed by hospices certified pursuant to
article forty of the public health law or any other personnel deemed
necessary, including procedures for deployment in areas where access
has otherwise been restricted or subject to curfew in declared
emergencies.

Section 4 would require each county and each city with a population of
one million or more to revise such plans in the event such revisions
are needed to comply with the provisions of this act, Such revised
plans would also be required to be submitted to the disaster
preparedness commission.

Section 5 would clarify that during a local state of emergency, local
orders may establish a curfew and prohibit and control pedestrian and
vehicular traffic, except essential emergency vehicles and personnel,
and except as consistent with local comprehensive emergency management
plans.

Section 6 provides for an immediate effective date.

EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:  Currently, the
executive law permits counties, cities, towns, and villages to adopt
local comprehensive emergency management plans.  This bill would
establish procedures in counties and all cities with a population of
one million or more to prepare such plans.

In addition, this bill would clarify that personnel providing home
health care services and hospice services should be consulted in the
preparation of such plans and that such plans include provisions for
the deployment of such personnel during an emergency.


JUSTIFICATION:  By enacting this legislation, New York State would
help to ensure that the deployment of home health and hospice
personnel is adequately addressed during local emergencies. Access to
patients in restricted zones was a major problem for home care and
hospice staff in responding to Hurricane Sandy as well as other
emergency situations, and this bill seeks to prevent such situations
in the future.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2014: A.6530-B - S.4719-B -Vetoed memo
536; 2013: A.6530-B - referred to governmental operations

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S3482B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3482--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to provisions for home-
  care and hospice in comprehensive emergency management plans

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  23  of the executive law, as
amended by section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  Each  county,  except those contained within the city of New York,
and each CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SHALL PREPARE  A
COMPREHENSIVE  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN. EACH city WITH A POPULATION OF
LESS THAN ONE MILLION, town and  village  is  authorized  to  prepare  A
comprehensive emergency management [plans] PLAN.  The disaster prepared-
ness  commission shall provide assistance and advice for the development
of such plans. [City] EACH CITY WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  LESS  THAN  ONE
MILLION,  town  and  village  [plans] PLAN shall be coordinated with the
county plan.
  S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 23 of the executive law, as  amended  by
section  4  of  part  B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
read as follows:
  5. In preparing such plans, cooperation, advice and  assistance  shall
be  sought  from local government officials, regional and local planning
agencies, police agencies, fire departments and  fire  companies,  local
emergency   management  agencies,  commercial  and  volunteer  ambulance
services, health and social services officials, community  action  agen-
cies,  the  chief  administrator  of  the  courts, organizations for the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01699-07-5

S. 3482--B                          2

elderly and the handicapped, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOME HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOSPICE SERVICES, other  interested
groups  and  the  general  public.  Such  advice  and  assistance may be
obtained through public hearings held on public notice, or through other
appropriate methods.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs  17  and  18  of  paragraph b of subdivision 7 of
section 23 of the executive law, as amended by section 4 of  part  B  of
chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph 19 is
added to read as follows:
  (17)  continued  operation  of  governments of political subdivisions;
[and]
  (18) utilization and coordination of programs  to  assist  individuals
with  household  pets  and  service  animals  following a disaster, with
particular attention to means of evacuation, shelter and  transportation
options[.]; AND
  (19)  PROCEDURES  FOR  ALLOWING  ACCESS BY PHYSICIANS, NURSES, MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS, PERSONNEL OF CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH  AGENCIES,  LONG  TERM
HOME  HEALTH  CARE  PROGRAMS  OR  LICENSED  HOME  CARE SERVICES AGENCIES
GOVERNED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND  PERSON-
NEL OF HOSPICES CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW  OR  ANY  OTHER PERSONNEL DEEMED NECESSARY, INCLUDING PROCEDURES FOR
ALLOWING ACCESS IN AREAS WHERE ACCESS HAS OTHERWISE BEEN  RESTRICTED  OR
SUBJECT TO CURFEW IN DECLARED EMERGENCIES.
  S  4.  Each  county, and each city with a population of one million or
more, that on the effective date of this  act  has  already  prepared  a
comprehensive  emergency  management  plan shall revise such plan in the
event such revisions are needed to comply with the  provisions  of  this
act,  and  shall  submit  such revised plan to the disaster preparedness
commission on or before the one hundred eightieth day after  the  effec-
tive date of this act.
  S  5. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the executive law,
as added by chapter 640 of the laws of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a.  the  establishment  of a curfew and the prohibition and control of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic, except  essential  emergency  vehicles
and  personnel,  AND  IN  A  MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN;
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S3482B

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Andrew J. Lanza

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5125 - Vetoed by Governor

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2015-S3482 - Details

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2015-S3482A - Details

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2015-S3482B (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S3482B (ACTIVE) - Summary

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