Bill Text: NY A08058 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes certified first responders in a program relating to recertification of persons providing emergency medical care and removes the designation of such program as a pilot or demonstration program; and extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to recertification of persons providing emergency medical care.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-7)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-03 - SIGNED CHAP.87 [A08058 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8058

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 31, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to include  certified
          first  responders  in a program relating to recertification of persons
          providing emergency medical care and removing the designation of  such
          program  as  a pilot or demonstration program; to amend chapter 459 of
          the laws of 1996, amending the public health law relating to recertif-
          ication of persons providing emergency medical care in relation to the
          effectiveness thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2-b of section 3002 of the public health law,
     2  as added by chapter 459 of the laws of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    2-b.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  state emergency
     5  medical services council, shall develop a [pilot] program [in  at  least
     6  six  regions  of  the  state (including the western New York and capital
     7  regions)] to allow certified first responders, emergency medical techni-
     8  cians and advanced  emergency  medical  technicians  who  have  been  in
     9  continuous  practice,  who  have  demonstrated  competence in applicable
    10  behavioral  and  performance  objectives,  and  who  have   demonstrated
    11  completion  of  appropriate continuing education, to renew their certif-
    12  ication under subdivision two of  this  section  without  requiring  the
    13  completion  of  a written examination. In implementing this program, the
    14  commissioner shall contract with and use the standards established by  a
    15  nationally   recognized  organization  that  certifies  certified  first
    16  responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical
    17  technicians. [However, no pilot program shall  include  employees  of  a
    18  municipal  ambulance  service  in  cities  with  a  population  over one
    19  million.] Renewals of certification under  the  [demonstration]  program

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  shall  be  deemed  equivalent  to renewals under subdivision two of this
     2  section for purposes of this article.
     3    [Within  one year of developing the demonstration program and annually
     4  thereafter, the commissioner shall report  to  the  legislature  on  the
     5  impact  of the program on the quality of patient care, the effectiveness
     6  of the program in retaining certified emergency medical technicians  and
     7  advanced emergency medical technicians, and the feasibility of replacing
     8  the   state's   certification  program  with  a  national  certification
     9  program.]
    10    § 2. Section 2 of chapter 459 of the laws of 1996, amending the public
    11  health law relating to recertification of  persons  providing  emergency
    12  medical  care,  as  amended by section 26 of part D of chapter 57 of the
    13  laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire  and  be
    15  deemed repealed July 1, 2019].
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.