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Requires paid emergency responders to be retrained annually in CPR and creates the offense of failure to administer CPR
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Felix Ortiz
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BILL NUMBER:S3038
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the offense of failure to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring paid emergency responders to be retrained annually in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Purpose or general idea of bill
The bill will require all police officers to be retrained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation each year. The failure to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a peace officer to someone in need will render the peace officer guilty of a misdemeanor. The peace office will be guilty of a felony should the person in need of cardiopulmonary resuscitation become permanently disabled or die.
Summary of specific provisions
The penal law is amended to add penalties for failure to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The general municipal law is amended to requires that emergency response personnel be retrained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation each year.
Justification
Briana Ojeda was an 11 year old girl who passed away in August of 2010. She had suffered an asthma attack and a police officer who had pulled over her mother as she drove Briana to the hospital, refused to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Had Briana received this life saving technique, this tragedy may have never occurred.
All officers learn how to administer CPR as part of their basic training. By retraining first responders regularly, New York State can ensure that all emergency responders are able to aid those in need of CPR. Making it a crime for emergency personnel to refuse to help will promote quick action and save lives. This bill serve to ensure that a tragic death like Briana Ojeda's won't ever occur again.
Prior legislative history
First introduced in 2010.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall become a law.
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