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A00987 Summary:

A00987 Actions:

A00987 Committee Votes:

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:01/17/2023AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Zebrowski      
DATE:01/17/2023AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Zebrowski
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Otis
Aye
Friend
Excused
Rozic
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Kim
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Curran
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Pirozzolo
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
Bores
Aye
Shimsky
Aye
Simone
Aye

A00987 Floor Votes:

A00987 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           987
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
          in relation to defining medical needs for essential electricity and to
          require certain service providers' emergency response plans to include
          outreach plans for customers who have documented their need for essen-
          tial electricity for medical needs; and to amend a chapter of the laws
          of 2022, amending the public service law and  the  public  authorities
          law,  relating to defining medical needs for essential electricity and
          requiring certain  service  providers'  emergency  response  plans  to
          include  outreach  plans  for customers who have documented their need
          for essential electricity for medical needs, as proposed  in  legisla-
          tive  bills  numbers S. 931-A and A. 3217-A, in relation to the effec-
          tiveness thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
     2  section 66 of the public service law, as amended by  a  chapter  of  the
     3  laws of 2022, amending the public service law and the public authorities
     4  law,  relating  to  defining medical needs for essential electricity and
     5  requiring certain service providers' emergency response plans to include
     6  outreach plans for customers who have documented their need  for  essen-
     7  tial  electricity  for  medical  needs, as proposed in legislative bills
     8  numbers S. 931-A and A. 3217-A, is amended to read as follows:
     9    (iii) identification of and outreach plans to customers who had  docu-
    10  mented  their  need  for  essential electricity for medical needs, which
    11  shall include but not be limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass
    12  respirators, hemodialysis machines,  IV  feeding  machines,  IV  medical
    13  infusion  machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure respirators,
    14  respirator/ventilators, rocking bed respirators, suction  machines,  and
    15  tank  type  respirators[,  as well as any medical equipment or equipment

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03965-01-3
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     1  necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significant-
     2  ly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss  of  power
     3  that will adversely impact that individual's health];
     4    §  2.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision (cc) of section 1020-f of the public
     5  authorities law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of  2022,  amending
     6  the  public  service  law  and  the  public authorities law, relating to
     7  defining medical needs for essential electricity and  requiring  certain
     8  service  providers'  emergency  response plans to include outreach plans
     9  for customers who have documented their need for  essential  electricity
    10  for medical needs, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 931-A and
    11  A.  3217-A, is amended to read as follows:
    12    1.  The  service  provider  shall, in consultation with the authority,
    13  prepare and maintain an  emergency  response  plan  (i)  to  assure  the
    14  reasonably  prompt  restoration  of  service in the case of an emergency
    15  event, defined for purposes of this subdivision as an event where  wide-
    16  spread outages have occurred in the authority's service territory due to
    17  a  storm  or  other  causes  beyond the control of the authority and the
    18  service provider, (ii) consistent with the requirements of paragraph (a)
    19  of subdivision twenty-one of section sixty-six of the public service law
    20  and any regulations and orders adopted thereto, and  (iii)  establishing
    21  the  separate  responsibilities  of  the authority and service provider.
    22  Such  emergency  response  plan  shall  include  identification  of  and
    23  outreach  plans  for customers who have documented their need for essen-
    24  tial electricity for medical needs,  which  shall  include  but  not  be
    25  limited  to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass respirators, hemodialy-
    26  sis machines, intravenous feeding machines, intravenous medical infusion
    27  machines,   oxygen   concentrators,   positive   pressure   respirators,
    28  respirators/ventilators,  rocking bed respirators, suction machines, and
    29  tank type respirators[, as well as any medical  equipment  or  equipment
    30  necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significant-
    31  ly  triggered  or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power
    32  that  will adversely impact that individual's health].
    33    § 3. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending  the  public
    34  service law and the public authorities law, relating to defining medical
    35  needs for essential electricity and requiring certain service providers'
    36  emergency  response  plans  to  include outreach plans for customers who
    37  have documented their need for essential electricity for medical  needs,
    38  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers S. 931-A and A. 3217-A, is
    39  amended to read as follows:
    40    § 3. This act shall take  effect  [immediately]  on  the  one  hundred
    41  eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
    42    §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    43  sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date  and
    44  the  same  manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public
    45  service law and the public authorities law, relating to defining medical
    46  needs for essential electricity and requiring certain service providers'
    47  emergency response plans to include outreach  plans  for  customers  who
    48  have  documented their need for essential electricity for medical needs,
    49  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 931-A and A.  3217-A,  takes
    50  effect.