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A00744 Summary:

A00744 Actions:

A00744 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:01/26/2021AYE/NAY:19/7  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Gottfried
Aye
Byrne
Nay
Galef
Aye
McDonough
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Byrnes
Nay
Cahill
Aye
Ashby
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Miller
Nay
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Salka
Nay
Gunther
Aye
Jensen
Nay
Rosenthal L 
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Solages
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Barron
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
Rosenthal D 
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:01/26/2021AYE/NAY:16/6  Action: Favorable         
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Reilly
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
Lavine
Aye
Tannousis
Nay
Perry
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Cruz
Aye

A00744 Floor Votes:

A00744 Memo:

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



 
BILL NUMBER: A744
 
SPONSOR: Wallace

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the requirement
that certain health clubs shall have at least one automated external
defibrillator available upon the premises
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
To help ensure the health and safety of patrons of health clubs by
requiring certain health clubs to have at least one automated external
defibrillator on the premises which is accessible to the staff, members
and guests.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 627-a of the General Business Law to require
health clubs with fifty members or more to have at least one automated
external defibrillator on the premise in a manner that provides obvious
and ready accessibility to staff, members, and guest.
 
Section two provides the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
The bill would require health clubs with fifty members or more to have
at least one AED on the premises and ensure that the AED is available in
a manner that provides obvious and ready accessibility to staff, members
and guests. This requirement would ensure a higher level of safety for
thousands of individuals who belong to health clubs.
 
The cost of AEDs has decreased since this law was originally enacted and
as a result, it is pertinent to the health and safety of New York resi-
dents who use health clubs are afforded AEDs, if needed.  Moreover, AEDs
have become increasingly user friendly and easy to use. Over the last
ten years the number of health clubs in New York State has also
increased which is why it is crucial to lower the membership requirement
to 50 persons for a health club to be required to have an AED on its
premise. Because health clubs are places where individuals raise their
heart rates through physical exercise, the chance of cardiac arrest
increases.
 
In recognition of the increasing risk of cardiac arrest at health clubs
and the effectiveness of readily accessible automated external defibril-
lators in saving lives, it is in the best interest to require health
clubs with fifty members of more to have an AED on their premises as
having an AED on hand could save a life.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE . HISTORY :
 
2017-2018: A.10938 - Referred to Health
 
2019-2020: A.2338 - Referred to Codes
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
 
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after enactment.

A00744 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           744
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. WALLACE, ABINANTI -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the requirement
          that certain health clubs shall have at least one  automated  external
          defibrillator available upon the premises

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 627-a of the general business law,
     2  as amended by chapter 31 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  Every  health club as defined under paragraph b of subdivision one
     5  of section three thousand-d of the public health law whose membership is
     6  [five hundred] fifty persons or more shall have available on  the  prem-
     7  ises in a manner that provides obvious and ready accessibility to staff,
     8  members  and  guests  at  least one automated external defibrillator and
     9  shall have in attendance, at all times during staffed business hours, at
    10  least one individual performing employment or individual  acting  as  an
    11  authorized  volunteer who holds a valid certification of completion of a
    12  course in the study of the operation of AEDs and a  valid  certification
    13  of  the completion of a course in the training of cardiopulmonary resus-
    14  citation provided by a nationally  recognized  organization  or  associ-
    15  ation.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02205-01-1

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