Senate Bill S443

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires epinephrine auto-injector devices at children's overnight, summer day and traveling summer camps

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S443 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A552
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3000-c, add §1392-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9884
2011-2012: A1771
2013-2014: S5159, A262
2015-2016: S50, A606
2017-2018: S264, A681
2019-2020: S1480, A1050
2023-2024: S2555, A1828

2021-S443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires epinephrine auto-injector devices at children's overnight, summer day and traveling summer day camps.

2021-S443 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    443
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 requiring epineph-
   rine auto-injector devices at children's  overnight,  summer  day  and
   traveling summer camps

   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 633 of the laws of 2019, 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 city, town or village having a population of  less
 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  subdivi-
 sion  three  of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a
 person employed by such a camp; (iii)] a school district, board of coop-
 erative 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)]  (III) a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government,
 day care or retail facility; an educational institution, youth organiza-
 tion or sports league; an establishment that serves food;  or  a  person
 employed by such entity; [(v)] (IV) a police officer or peace officer in
 a  city,  town  or village having a population of less than one million;
 [and (vi)] OR (V) any other person or entity designated or approved,  or
 in  a  category  designated  or  approved pursuant to regulations of the
              

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