Bill Text: NY A05310 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, in relation to granting the emergency medical technicians preference to medical school admissions to all schools which receive funding from New York state

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to local governments [A05310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05310-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 2145                                                  A. 5310
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2009
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
         ment
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to  amend  the  volunteer  ambulance  workers'  benefit  law,  in
         relation  to  granting the emergency medical technicians preference to
         medical school admissions to all schools which  receive  funding  from
         New York state
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law is amended  by
    2  adding a new section 26 to read as follows:
    3    S 26. PREFERENCE TO MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSIONS.  WHERE THERE ARE APPLI-
    4  CANTS OF OTHERWISE EQUAL QUALIFICATIONS, ANY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER,
    5  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE
    6  GRANTED  PREFERENTIAL  TREATMENT  WHEN APPLYING TO ANY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN
    7  NEW YORK STATE WHICH RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    9  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   10  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   11  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
   12  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   13  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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