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Senator · Senate District 57
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Requires municipalities which receive 4 or more emergency medical calls in 30 day period for an individual to report such calls to the local social services district
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Joseph Giglio
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BILL NUMBER:S5727
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to directing municipalities to submit a report to the local social services district on the circumstances surrounding the summoning of emergency medical services on four or more occasions for any individual during a thirty day period of time
Purpose or general idea of bill
To require municipalities which receive four or more emergency medical calls in a 30 day period for an individual to report such calls to the local social services district.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 would amend the general municipal law by adding a new section 122-a to require every county, city, town and village which receives four or more calls or demands for emergency medical service in a 30 day period for an individual to report such circumstances to the local social service district and the office of the Medicaid Inspector General.
Every report shall include information, as required by the Commissioner of the Department of Health as to the adequacy of care being received by the individual and if the emergency services were warranted.
Justification
Ambulance abuse, or the over use of ambulance services in non-emergency situations, can indicate that an individual needs more or different services then they are currently receiving. In addition, when an ambulance is being used for non-emergency care it is not available for emergency situations that arise during that same time. For emergencies where seconds count, this places people's lives in danger because they are unable to get an ambulance fast enough.
Further, one trip in an ambulance can cost between $400 and $500. The use of ambulances for non-emergency services, when requested for emergency transport, can place the cost of non-emergent transport on the localities who pay for ambulance services. The burden is then shifted to the taxpayers.
This bill would require reports to be made regarding frequent ambulance use to the local social services districts. The local social service district can then assess what additional or different services the individual may need.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
Unknown.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
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