Includes certified first responders in a program relating to recertification of persons providing emergency medical care and removes the designation of such program as a pilot or demonstration program; and extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to recertification of persons providing emergency medical care.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8058--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 31, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, SIMON, SMULLEN,
CROUCH, DeSTEFANO, SALKA, D'URSO, FRONTUS, ORTIZ, BYRNE, BUTTENSCHON,
COOK, BARRON, LUPARDO, LAWRENCE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules
Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to include certified
first responders in a program relating to recertification of persons
providing emergency medical care and removing the designation of such
program as a pilot or demonstration program; and to amend chapter 459
of the laws of 1996, amending the public health law relating to recer-
tification of persons providing emergency medical care, in relation to
the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2-b of section 3002 of the public health law,
2 as added by chapter 459 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2-b. The commissioner, in consultation with the state emergency
5 medical services council, shall develop a [pilot] program [in at least
6 six regions of the state (including the western New York and capital
7 regions)] to allow certified first responders, emergency medical techni-
8 cians and advanced emergency medical technicians who have been in
9 continuous practice, who have demonstrated competence in applicable
10 behavioral and performance objectives, and who have demonstrated
11 completion of appropriate continuing education, to renew their certif-
12 ication under subdivision two of this section without requiring the
13 completion of a written examination. In implementing this program, the
14 commissioner shall contract with and use the standards established by a
15 nationally recognized organization that certifies certified first
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical
2 technicians. [However, no pilot program shall include employees of a
3 municipal ambulance service in cities with a population over one
4 million.] Renewals of certification under the [demonstration] program
5 shall be deemed equivalent to renewals under subdivision two of this
6 section for purposes of this article.
7 [Within one year of developing the demonstration program and annually
8 thereafter, the commissioner shall report to the legislature on the
9 impact of the program on the quality of patient care, the effectiveness
10 of the program in retaining certified emergency medical technicians and
11 advanced emergency medical technicians, and the feasibility of replacing
12 the state's certification program with a national certification
13 program.]
14 § 2. Section 2 of chapter 459 of the laws of 1996, amending the public
15 health law relating to recertification of persons providing emergency
16 medical care, as amended by section 26 of part D of chapter 57 of the
17 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
19 deemed repealed July 1, [2019] 2021.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
21 the amendments to subdivision 2-b of section 3002 of the public health
22 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
23 subdivision, and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
