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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3247--B
            Cal. No. 146
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 5, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SALAZAR,  TEDISCO,  BIAGGI, BOYLE, JORDAN -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
          to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of  third  reading
          --    passed  by  Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote
          reconsidered,  restored  to  third  reading,   amended   and   ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to authorizing
          certain law enforcement  officers  and  firefighters  to  possess  and
          administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  "Gio's Law".
     3    §  2.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the public
     4  health law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
     5  read as follows:
     6    (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i)  an  ambulance  service  or
     7  advanced  life support first response service; a certified first respon-
     8  der, firefighter in a city, town or village having a population of  less
     9  than  one  million,  emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency
    10  medical technician, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such
    11  service; (ii) a children's overnight camp as defined in subdivision  one
    12  of  section  thirteen  hundred  ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day
    13  camp as defined in subdivision two of section thirteen  hundred  ninety-
    14  two  of this chapter, a traveling summer day camp as defined in subdivi-
    15  sion three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter  or  a
    16  person  employed by such a camp; (iii) a school district, board of coop-
    17  erative educational services, county vocational education and  extension
    18  board, charter school, and non-public elementary and secondary school in
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01840-07-9
        S. 3247--B                          2
 
     1  this  state  or any person employed by any such entity, or employed by a
     2  contractor of such an entity while performing services for  the  entity;
     3  [or] (iv) a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government, day
     4  care  or retail facility; an educational institution, youth organization
     5  or sports league;  an  establishment  that  serves  food;  or  a  person
     6  employed  by such entity; [and] (v) a police officer or peace officer in
     7  a city, town or village having a population of less  than  one  million;
     8  and  (vi)  any  other  person  or entity designated or approved, or in a
     9  category designated or approved pursuant to regulations of  the  commis-
    10  sioner in consultation with other appropriate agencies.
    11    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment  and/or
    13  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    14  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
    15  such date.