Bill Text: NY S01863 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a collegiate emergency medical services pilot program to enable college campuses and universities to construct independent emergency services to offset the disproportionate impact that campuses may have on local infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01863 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01863-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1863
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a  collegiate
          emergency medical services pilot program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article  129-C
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 129-C
     4             COLLEGIATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM
     5  Section 6450. Collegiate emergency medical services pilot program.
     6    §  6450.  Collegiate  emergency  medical  services  pilot  program. 1.
     7  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local  law  to
     8  the  contrary,  and subject to appropriation, the commissioner is hereby
     9  authorized to establish a collegiate emergency  medical  services  pilot
    10  program  at  any  qualified  independent institution of higher education
    11  which meets the requirements of this section, upon application  by  such
    12  institution and within limits of amounts appropriated.
    13    2.  A  "qualified  institution"  shall  mean any college or university
    14  chartered by the regents or incorporated by special act of the  legisla-
    15  ture  that  maintains  a campus in New York; and which is located within
    16  any city, town, village or fire district in which the  total  amount  of
    17  tax  exempt property represents more than thirty-five percent, by value,
    18  of the total amount of property in such city,  town,  village,  or  fire
    19  district.
    20    3.  The  commissioner  shall  establish a collegiate emergency medical
    21  service pilot program for the purpose of enabling college  campuses  and
    22  universities  to  construct independent emergency services to offset the
    23  disproportionate impact that campuses may have on local  infrastructure.
    24  The program shall include, but not be limited to, the provision of basic
    25  emergency  medical  services  to  students, faculty, and visitors of the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07691-01-9
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     1  campus, mutual aid to local fire and emergency  services,  and  training
     2  for  students  of universities in emergency response.  The program shall
     3  coordinate with local fire and emergency services  in  order  to  ensure
     4  continuity of service and appropriate provision of care.
     5    4.  Within  amounts  appropriated,  the commissioner shall establish a
     6  collegiate emergency medical  services  pilot  program  at  a  qualified
     7  institution  including,  but not limited to, monies allocated for train-
     8  ing, equipment, and administration. The commissioner shall  make  grants
     9  of  no less than sixty thousand dollars per qualified institution in the
    10  first year of the operation of the program. Each  qualified  institution
    11  shall  be  required  to  submit  a report to the legislature by February
    12  first, two thousand twenty, which shall include, but not be limited  to,
    13  documentation  of participation rates, any impediments to implementation
    14  encountered, steps taken to establish insurance reimbursement protocols,
    15  and recommendations to ensure sustainability of the program. Such quali-
    16  fied institutions shall  be  eligible  to  receive  funding  under  this
    17  section annually for up to five years.
    18    5. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a qualified institution from
    19  receiving  non-state  sources of funding to support the collegiate emer-
    20  gency services pilot program.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.