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S04862 Summary:

BILL NO	S04862
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	DIAZ
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §50-o, Gen Muni L
Provides that a municipality shall be liable for the negligence or misconduct of emergency medical services employees.

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S04862 Actions:

BILL NO	S04862
03/03/2017	REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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S04862 Committee Votes:

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S04862 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4862
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the  liability
          of  a  municipality  for  the negligence of their employees in certain
          circumstances

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Ariel's law".
     2    § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 50-o
     3  to read as follows:
     4    §  50-o.  Liability  for  emergency services employees. A municipality
     5  that provides emergency medical services to its citizens shall be liable
     6  for any damages caused to a citizen that result from the  municipality's
     7  emergency  services  employee's  negligence or misconduct, including any
     8  unnecessary delay in the provision of such  emergency  services  to  the
     9  injured citizen.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06339-01-7

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