What's happening
The bill exempts basic life support first response agencies from paying the registration fee required to obtain a certificate for performing certain medical tests.
Why it matters
Reduces operational costs for first responder agencies. by exempting basic life support first response agencies from a $200 biennial registration fee, potentially freeing up limited resources for other urgent needs such as equipment and training.
Levels the playing field between different emergency service providers. , since voluntary ambulance services were already exempt and now non-transporting basic life support agencies will receive the same treatment.
May encourage more agencies to perform essential medical tests. (like waived tests and provider-performed microscopy), which can improve rapid patient assessment and care in emergencies, especially in under-resourced or rural areas.
Clarifies the definition of “basic life support first response agency” in law. , creating clearer guidance for which organizations qualify for the exemption and reducing administrative ambiguity.
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Waive EMS Registration Fees
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History
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3111
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 4, 2019
Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to waiving a registration fee for basic life support first response agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 579 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The department may issue a certificate of registration authorizing the performance of one or more waived tests or provider-performed microscopy procedures for a period of up to two years if the applicant: (i) files a completed application with the department on such forms as the commissioner may prescribe; (ii) provides documentation acceptable to the department demonstrating the ability to comply with the requirements of this subdivision; and (iii) pays a two hundred dollar biennial registration fee for each location where services are rendered; except that a voluntary ambulance service and a basic life support first response agency as defined in article thirty of the public health law and operated under section two hundred nine-b of the general municipal law shall be exempt from the requirement to pay a fee to obtain this certificate of registration; and except that the following may operate multiple locations under a single registration and pay a single registration fee: (A) not-for-profit, state or local government laboratories or programs engaged in limited public health testing not exceeding fifteen types of tests per registration; or (B) applicants that maintain a fixed location in the state and are approved by the department to move from testing site to testing site.
§ 2. Section 3001 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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22. "Basic life support first response agency" means an agency or organization determined by the department of health to be a basic life support non-transporting EMS agency.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to waiving a regis- tration fee for basic life support first response agencies
Purpose
To exempt basic life support first response agencies from the require- ment to pay a biennial $200 fee to obtain a limited, lab license to perform blood glucose testing.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 579 of the public health law to provide an exception for basic life support first response agencies from the requirement to pay a fee to obtain a certif- icate of registration for blood glucose testing.
Section 2: Defines a basic life support first response agency as an agency or organization determined by the department of health to be a basic life support non-transporting EMS agency.
Section 3: States the effective date.
Justification
NYS Public Health law requires that any EMS agency testing blood glucose, whether by electronic glucometer or chemstrip, be required to possess a limited service laboratory registration. There is a biennial $200 limited license fee imposed on basic life support first response agencies for this limited license. In 2013, volunteer organization were exempted from this from this limited license fee. This bill seeks to exempt BLS first response agencies from the fee because often times they operate with tight budgets, are finically vulnerable operate in under- served areas. BLS first response agencies would continue to register with appropriate Health authorities and perform all appropriate profi- ciencies for blood glucose testing that are currently required.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
This bill would ease the financial burden on basic life support first response agencies by reducing their expenses.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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