Bill Text: NY S05643 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of transportation and the New York state emergency medical services council, to promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of ambulances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05643 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5643
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 24, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
          commissioner  of  health,  in  consultation  with  the commissioner of
          transportation, to establish rules and regulations for ambulances
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title.  This  act  shall  be known and be cited as
     2  "Janet's law".
     3    § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
     4  subdivision 31 to read as follows:
     5    31.  The  commissioner shall, in consultation with the commissioner of
     6  transportation, establish rules and regulations for ambulances in  order
     7  to  ensure  the safety of passengers and the public at large. Such rules
     8  and regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, the  minimum
     9  age  of  ambulance drivers, the allowable number of consecutive hours an
    10  ambulance driver may work, and the requisite training an ambulance driv-
    11  er shall receive prior to driving any ambulance.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09581-02-7