A00431 Summary:

BILL NOA00431
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORLentol
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S3005-c, Pub Health L; amd S156-a, Exec L
 
Provides for hazardous materials emergency response training for emergency medical services personnel of a fire department of a city of one million or more, by the state department of health and the state fire administrator.
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A00431 Actions:

BILL NOA00431
 
01/05/2011referred to governmental operations
01/04/2012referred to governmental operations
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A00431 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00431 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           431
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 5, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation
          to the provision of hazardous materials emergency response training to

          emergency  medical  services  personnel  employed by a fire department
          operating within a city with a population of more than one million
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  3005-c to read as follows:
     3    § 3005-c. Hazardous materials emergency response training. 1.   Begin-
     4  ning  January  first,  two thousand thirteen, the department, in cooper-
     5  ation with the state fire administrator, shall make available  hazardous
     6  materials  emergency  response  training, pursuant to the program estab-
     7  lished in section one hundred fifty-six-a of the executive law, for  all
     8  emergency medical services personnel employed by a fire department oper-

     9  ating within a city of one million or more.
    10    2. The commissioner shall inform all emergency medical service person-
    11  nel  covered  by  subdivision one of this section, of the implementation
    12  and availability of the hazardous materials emergency response  training
    13  program.
    14    3. Funding for the training required by this section shall be provided
    15  by  the  department  pursuant  to  section   ninety-seven-q of the state
    16  finance law.
    17    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 156-a of the executive law,  as  amended
    18  by  section  1 of part D of chapter 1 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
    19  read as follows:
    20    1. (a) The state fire administrator shall, in his or  her  discretion,
    21  consult with the [fire fighting and code enforcement personnel standards

    22  and  education  commission  established  pursuant to section one hundred

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03471-01-1

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     1  fifty-nine-a] advisory council for fire prevention  and  control  estab-
     2  lished  pursuant  to  section one hundred fifty-nine of this article, to
     3  establish a specialized hazardous materials emergency response  training
     4  program  for  individuals  responsible  for providing emergency response
     5  recovery following incidents involving hazardous materials as defined in
     6  accordance with section fourteen-f of the transportation law. The  state

     7  fire  administrator  shall  inform  all fire companies, municipal corpo-
     8  rations and districts, including agencies and  departments  thereof  and
     9  all  firefighters,  both  paid  and  volunteer, and related officers and
    10  employees and police officers of the implementation and availability  of
    11  the  hazardous  materials emergency response training program and shall,
    12  subject to the availability of an appropriation, conduct  such  training
    13  with  sufficient  frequency  to  assure  adequate  response to incidents
    14  involving hazardous  materials  and  protection  of  responders  in  all
    15  geographic areas of the state.
    16    (b) The state fire administrator shall cooperate with the commissioner
    17  of  health  to  establish  the specialized hazardous materials emergency
    18  response training  program  for  emergency  medical  services  personnel

    19  provided for in section three thousand five-c of the public health law.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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