NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A10059
SPONSOR: Solages
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, amending the general
municipal law and the town law relating to authorizing fees and charges
for emergency medical services, in relation to making such provisions
permanent
 
PURPOSE:
Makes certain fees and charges related to emergency medical services
permanent.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends § 4 of part kk of chapter 55 of laws of 2022 is to read
as: This act takes effect the ninetieth day after becoming a law and
shall apply to health care claims submitted on or after such date. This
act shall expire and be deemed repealed four years after it becomes a
law.
Section 2 amends this act takes effect nineteen days after becoming a
law.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This will continue to have certain fees and charges permanent for emer-
gency medical services and allow authorities in control of emergency
medical services to establish the fees. This will ensure that all fee
and charges are being paid, this will take effect nineteen days after
becoming a law and will apply to health care claims being submitted on
or after such date. It is the purpose of this act to ensure all fees and
charges are being paid properly.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2025: A 4044
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Nineteen days after becoming a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10059
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, amending the general
municipal law and the town law relating to authorizing fees and charg-
es for emergency medical services, in relation to making such
provisions permanent
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4 of part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022,
2 amending the general municipal law and the town law relating to author-
3 izing fees and charges for emergency medical services, as amended by
4 section 1 of part KK of chapter 57 of the laws of 2025, is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
7 have become a law and shall apply to health care claims submitted on or
8 after such date[; provided, however, that this act shall expire and be
9 deemed repealed nine years after it shall have become a law].
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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