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A07532 Summary:

A07532 Actions:

A07532 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:05/09/2017AYE/NAY:24/0  Action: Favorable         
Gottfried
Aye
Raia
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Galef
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Norris
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Hevesi
Excused
Lavine
Aye
Titone
Aye
Mayer
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Kim
Excused
Solages
Aye

A07532 Floor Votes:

A07532 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A7532
 
SPONSOR: Gottfried

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
automated external defibrillators
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
This bill would clarify that any health care practitioner who has the
necessary experience, prescribing authority, and scope of practice, may
enter into a collaborative agreement with a person or entity seeking to
possess and/or operate an automated external defibrillator.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 of the bill amends public health law section 3000-b to define
health care practitioner and clarify that any professional who meets
this definition may enter into a collaborative agreement with a public
access defibrillation provider, in order to facilitate availability.
 
Section 2 is the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Current law allows individuals or entities to purchase and operate auto-
mated external defibrillators (AEDs) if the individual or entity has a
collaborative agreement with a physician or a hospital. There are many
other qualified health care practitioners in New York, such as physician
assistants and nurse practitioners, who may be able to facilitate AED
access and thereby increase AED availability statewide. This legislation
continues the same high safety standards including all training and
reporting requirements, while expanding the availability of automated
external defibrillators to such practitioners.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One hundred eighty days after becoming law, provided that effective
immediately the commissioners of health and education shall make regu-
lations and take other actions necessary to implement the act on such
date.

A07532 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7532
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 1, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to automated external
          defibrillators
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 1 of section 3000-b of the
     2  public health law, as added by chapter 552  of  the  laws  of  1998,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b)  "Emergency health care provider" means (i) a physician with know-
     5  ledge and experience in the delivery of  emergency  cardiac  care;  [or]
     6  (ii)  a  physician  assistant  or  nurse practitioner with knowledge and
     7  experience in the delivery of emergency cardiac care, and who is  acting
     8  within  his or her scope of practice; or (iii) a hospital licensed under
     9  article twenty-eight of this chapter  that  provides  emergency  cardiac
    10  care.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it  shall  have  become a law; provided that, effective immediately, the
    13  addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rules and  regulations  neces-
    14  sary  to  implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are
    15  authorized and directed to be completed  on  or  before  such  effective
    16  date.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11228-01-7

A07532 Chamber Video/Transcript: