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This bill, "Briana's Law," requires New York police officers to complete CPR training and retraining every two years, with regular reporting to the legislature.
Why it matters
Increases public safety and trust. by ensuring that all police officers, including those in the largest departments, are regularly trained in a life-saving skill (CPR), which can be critical in emergencies before medical personnel arrive.
Mandates accountability and transparency. through required annual reporting to the legislature, offering public insight into how thoroughly departments are complying with CPR training and retraining requirements.
Sets a higher standard for officer preparedness. by requiring not only initial CPR training but also ongoing retraining every two years (and at least every four years if biannual is not practicable), aiming to keep officers’ skills current and effective.
Addresses disparities in training across jurisdictions. by specifically including departments in cities with over one million people, such as New York City, ensuring that large urban police forces meet the same standards as state police.
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Require Police CPR Training
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History
- Approval memo.3
- Signed chap.271
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.2205
- Substituted for S3165B
- Committed to rules
- Returned to senate
- Repassed assembly
- Amended on third reading (t) 2115b
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
Show 11 earlier actions
- Returned to assembly
- Recalled from senate
- Referred to finance
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.270
- Reported
- Print number 2115a
- Amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to local governments
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Requires members of the division of state police and of the police department of the city of New York to complete training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation upon entry and every 2 years thereafter
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Jesse Hamilton
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2115--B Cal. No. 270
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, HARRIS, MOYA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the general municipal law, in relation to requiring certain police officers to be re-trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation every two years
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Briana's law".
§ 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-e to read as follows:
§ 214-e. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and retraining. 1. For the purposes of this section, "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" shall have the same meaning as provided in subdivision six of section six hundred twenty-one of the general business law.
2. Each member of the division of state police shall be:
(a) trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation during the training process to become a trooper;
(b) retrained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation every two years; and
(c) required to demonstrate the satisfactory completion of training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
§ 3. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 208-h to read as follows:
§ 208-h. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and retraining for police departments in cities having a population of one million or more 1. For the purposes of this section, "cardiopulmonary resuscitation"
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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shall have the same meaning as provided in subdivision six of section six hundred twenty-one of the general business law.
2. Every police department in a city having a population of one million or more shall provide all uniformed personnel of such department training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and direct that such training be completed at least every two years to the extent practicable, but no later than every four years.
§ 4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation report. No later than May 1, 2018 and every May first thereafter, the police department of the city of New York and the division of state police shall provide to the legislature a report which shall include the total number of uniformed officers assigned to a patrol precinct, transit district, or police service area in the past calendar year, disaggregated by: (a) the total number trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; (b) the total number of officers newly trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the past calendar year; (c) the total number of officers re-trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the past calendar year.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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