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- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.543
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 7013a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Relates to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
Purpose
To define human organ delivery vehicles and their operation and to designate them as an authorized emergency vehicle.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends section 101 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add human organ delivery vehicles to the list of authorized emergency vehicles.
Section 2: Amends section 114-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add transporting human organs, human tissue, or medical personnel for the purpose of organ recovery or transplantation to the definition of emergency operation.
Section 3: Adds a new section 117-e to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to define human organ delivery vehicles and to require that any driver of such vehicles has appropriate training in order to operate it as an authorized emergency vehicle. It also requires that any such vehicle is operated by or on behalf of an organ procurement organization, as defined in the Public Health Law.
Section 4: Sets the effective date.
Justification
Time is of the essence when transporting organs for emergencies, and ambulance services are not necessarily always available in time when needed. Under current New York State law, the options for transporting organs are too narrow, and need to be expanded so that more vehicles can serve this critical role. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Illinois define organ transplant vehicles and include them in their list of authorized emergency vehicles. When lives are on the line and every second matters, it is important that New York State does everything we can to ensure that we have the means and the resources to address any emergency. By allowing for a broader range of vehicles to serve this role, and which as authorized emergency vehicles could be fitted with lights and sirens to help navigate through traffic, we will be helping medical transport teams operate within the sensitive time frames they encounter, which in turn saves lives.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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