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S08171 Summary:
| BILL NO | S08171 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | SANDERS |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Extends the provisions found in Section 3000-a of the Public Health Law (Good Samaritan Law) to any individual or non-profit organization who voluntarily and without expectation of monetary compensation renders first aid or emergency treatment to an individual who is suffering and/or has been infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). | |
S08171 Actions:
| BILL NO | S08171 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/13/2020 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S08171 Committee Votes:
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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8171 IN SENATE April 13, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to extend certain provisions relating to emergency medical treat- ment to individuals and non-profit organizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, the 2 provisions under section 3000-a of the public health law shall be 3 extended to any individual or non-profit organization who voluntarily 4 and without expectation of monetary compensation renders first aid or 5 emergency treatment to an individual who is suffering and/or has been 6 infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15969-01-0