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History
- Referred to health
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BILL NUMBER:A11002
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing certain ambulance services to operate outside their primary territory when another ambulance service is unable to respond to an emergency in their specified primary territory due to lack of resources
Purpose of the bill
This bill will allow an ambulance service to respond to an emergency outside their operation territory based upon their proximity to the emergency.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill amends section 3010 of the public health law by adding an exception for when an ambulance service can pick up a patient outside their primary territory. The exception states that if the primary ambulance service cannot respond then the closest available ambulance service may respond regardless of their primary territory.
Section 2 of the bill relates to the effective date.
Justification
There is a problem with current mutual aid agreements in relation to ambulance services. If a primary ambulance service cannot respond to an emergency, the current system bases the response order solely on a mutual aid agreement. Therefore the dispatcher must call regional ambulance service providers that may be in another county or over 30 minutes away before resorting to a neighboring local ambulance provider. This bill would clarify the law and state that the ambulance service that is closest to the emergency should be the first responder. This legislation enhances patient. safety and emergency response times.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications for state
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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