Bill Text: NY S04862 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that a municipality shall be liable for the negligence or misconduct of emergency medical services employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S04862 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04862-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4862 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the liability of a municipality for the negligence of their employees in certain circumstances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Ariel's law". 2 § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 50-o 3 to read as follows: 4 § 50-o. Liability for emergency services employees. A municipality 5 that provides emergency medical services to its citizens shall be liable 6 for any damages caused to a citizen that result from the municipality's 7 emergency services employee's negligence or misconduct, including any 8 unnecessary delay in the provision of such emergency services to the 9 injured citizen. 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06339-01-7
