Bill Text: NJ A2343 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires appropriate insurance company to provide coverage to Good Samaritan injured at scene of accident.*
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-04 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A2343 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2343-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 2343
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblyman EDWARD H. THOMSON
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Jones
SYNOPSIS
Requires appropriate insurance company to provide coverage to Good Samaritan injured at scene of accident.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee on December 4, 2017, with amendments.
An Act concerning ambulance services provided to certain individuals and supplementing P.L.1963, c.140 (C.2A:62A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. 1[Any] The appropriate insurance carrier providing coverage to a1 person1[,]1 who 1[would qualify as being] is1 afforded immunity from civil liability under section 1 of P.L.1963, c.140 (C.2A:62A-1), section 5 of P.L.1996, c.115 (C.2A:62A-1.1), section 1 of P.L.1998, c.101 (C.2A:62A-1.2), or section 10 of P.L.2004, c.17 (C.2A:62A-1.3) 1[,]1 and who receives ambulance service as the result of an injury incurred while rendering or attempting to render care at the scene of an accident or emergency to 1[the] any1 victim 1[or victims thereof]1, or while transporting 1[the] any1 victim 1[or victims thereof]1 to a hospital or other facility where treatment or care is to be rendered, shall 1[not be required to pay] assume1 the cost for 1[such] the1 ambulance service.
b. For the purposes of this section, "ambulance service" means the provision of emergency health care services, basic life support services, advanced life support services, critical care services, mobile intensive care services, or emergency medical transportation in a vehicle that is licensed, equipped, and staffed in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Commissioner of Health.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.