Bill Text: NY A05015 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on the effectiveness of portable anti-choking devices and submit a report based on the finding of such study.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A05015 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05015-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5015 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAIA, D'URSO, B. MILLER, MORINELLO, BYRNE, McDO- NOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GALEF, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to authorize and direct the department of health to conduct a study on the effectiveness of portable anti-choking devices The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The department of health is hereby authorized and directed 2 to prepare or have prepared a study on the effectiveness of portable 3 anti-choking devices. "Portable anti-choking device" for the purposes of 4 this act shall mean a portable medical device meant for use in a choking 5 emergency which uses manually created suction to remove blockages from 6 the airway. 7 § 2. The department of health shall prepare a report to the governor 8 and the legislature based on the findings of the study described in 9 section one of this act which shall include an analysis of the findings 10 of such study including the success rate of the use of portable anti- 11 choking devices. Such report shall be filed within one year of the 12 effective date of this act. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07968-01-9
