What's happening
This bill designates human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles, allowing them certain traffic privileges during organ transport emergencies.
Why it matters
Helps save lives by reducing delays for organ transplants. By granting emergency vehicle privileges to organ delivery vehicles, the law aims to speed up the time-critical transport of organs and medical personnel, potentially increasing the success rates of lifesaving transplants.
Requires clear identification, authorization, and specialized training. Only vehicles clearly marked and dedicated to organ transport, with drivers who have undergone specific emergency and defensive driving training approved by the Department of Health, can receive emergency status—helping to ensure public safety and accountability.
Establishes oversight and coordination with health authorities. The Department of Health is given a direct role in authorizing vehicles and setting training standards, which could lead to more standardized, reliable, and secure organ transport procedures across the state.
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Make Organ Delivery Emergency Vehicles
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Sponsors
31 Co-sponsors
- Michael Benedetto
- Walter T. Mosley
- Alicia Hyndman
- Latrice Walker
- Sandy Galef
- Amy Paulin
- Phil Steck
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Michael Blake
- Felix Ortiz
- Carrie Woerner
- Daniel O'Donnell
- Patricia Fahy
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Michaelle C. Solages
- Andrew Raia
- William Colton
- Andrew Hevesi
- Richard Gottfried
- Anthony H. Palumbo
- Tremaine Wright
- David DiPietro
- David McDonough
- Jo Anne Simon
- Robert C. Carroll
- Al Taylor
- Barbara Lifton
- Philip Palmesano
- Angelo Santabarbara
- Dan Quart
- Edward Ra
History
- Print number 3690a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
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Organ Delivery Vehicles Emergency Status
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Timothy M. Kennedy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3690--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY, HYNDMAN, WALKER, GALEF, PAULIN, STECK, STIRPE, BLAKE, ORTIZ, WOERNER, O'DONNELL, FAHY, JEAN-PIERRE, SOLAGES, COLTON, HEVESI, GOTTFRIED, PALUMBO, WRIGHT, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, SIMON, CARROLL, TAYLOR, LIFTON,… Show allHide
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY, HYNDMAN, WALKER, GALEF, PAULIN, STECK, STIRPE, BLAKE, ORTIZ, WOERNER, O'DONNELL, FAHY, JEAN-PIERRE, SOLAGES, COLTON, HEVESI, GOTTFRIED, PALUMBO, WRIGHT, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, SIMON, CARROLL, TAYLOR, LIFTON, PALMESANO, SANTA- BARBARA, QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, ENGLE- BRIGHT, HUNTER, LUPARDO, SCHIMMINGER, STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
§ 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle, human organ delivery vehicle, county emergency medical services vehicle, environmental emergency response vehicle, sanitation patrol vehicle, hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of the armed forces of the United States.
§ 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
§ 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an authorized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a sick or injured person, transporting prisoners, delivering blood or blood products or transporting human organs, human tissue or medical personnel for the purpose of organ recovery or transplantation, in a situation involving an imminent health risk, pursuing an actual or
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suspected violator of the law, or responding to, or working or assisting at the scene of an accident, disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actual or potential release of hazardous materials or other emergency. Emergency operation shall not include returning from such service.
§ 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 117-e to read as follows:
§ 117-e. Human organ delivery vehicle. Any vehicle which is operated, authorized or contracted by or on behalf of an organ procurement organization, as defined in subdivision five of section four thousand three hundred sixty of the public health law, for the sole purpose of transporting human organs, human tissue, or medical personnel for the purpose of organ recovery or transplantation on an emergency basis. The vehicle must be dedicated to serve as and be clearly identified as an organ transport vehicle, and operators must receive written authorization from the department of health prior to operation of a vehicle in such capacity. No human organ delivery vehicle shall be operated as an authorized emergency vehicle engaged in an emergency operation unless the driver of such vehicle has undergone appropriate training, as approved by the department of health, for the operation of authorized emergency vehicles during emergency operations and a defensive driving course. Nothing in this section shall preclude those persons otherwise approved to operate any other authorized emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this article from operating such vehicle as a human organ delivery vehicle.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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