What's happening
This bill allows any New York municipality or its fire district to more easily obtain permanent ambulance or advanced life support certification, unless they fail to meet standards or negatively impact regional services.
Why it matters
Broadens eligibility. Expands the ability to obtain permanent ambulance or advanced life support certification from just certain cities to all municipalities and fire districts in New York, making it easier for more local governments to provide emergency medical services.
Reduces administrative hurdles. Removes the requirement for municipalities or fire districts to get a separate “determination of need” from regional or state emergency medical services councils, potentially accelerating the certification process and cutting bureaucratic delays.
Maintains oversight for quality and regional impact. Certification can still be denied if the municipality or fire district fails to meet training, staffing, or equipment standards, or if their service negatively affects surrounding regional services, aiming to safeguard public health and prevent disruption to existing emergency systems.
Applies retroactively. The bill’s provisions cover current and pending cases, including those already with temporary approval or under appeal, which could quickly resolve ongoing disputes and allow stalled municipal services to proceed.
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Ease Ambulance Service Certification
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Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Ease Ambulance Service Approvals
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Betty Little
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STATE OF NEW YORK
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. STECK -read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 3008 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
(b) [In the case of an application for certification pursuant to this subdivision, for a municipal advanced life support or municipal ambulance service, to serve the area within the municipality, where the proposed service meets or exceeds the appropriate training, staffing and equipment standards, there shall be a strong presumption in favor of approving the application.] Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any [city with a population of fourteen thousand seven hundred or sixty-two thousand two hundred thirty-five, according to the two thousand ten federal decennial census, or fire district acting on behalf of any such city, that] municipality within this state, or fire district acting on behalf of any such municipality, which applies for permanent certification pursuant to this [section] subdivision at the conclusion of the two year period [provided in] contained in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, shall not be required to apply to its regional emergency medical services council [or the state emergency medical services council] for a determination of need, and the application shall be submitted to and such application for a municipal advanced life support or municipal ambulance service to serve the area within the municipality shall be approved by the commissioner unless the [commissioner finds that the municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service has] provision of services have failed to meet the
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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appropriate training, staffing and equipment standards and/or the commissioner determines that the municipal advanced life support first responder service or municipal ambulance service has caused an impact on services in the surrounding region.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any municipality or fire district that has a temporary determination of public need, any application made by a municipality or fire district that is currently in the administrative appellate process or on appeal before any court of competent jurisdiction.
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