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A02885 Summary:

BILL NOA02885A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01078-A
 
SPONSORRosenthal L
 
COSPNSRColton, Sayegh, Jacobson, Steck, Meeks
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§225 & 3000-c, Pub Health L
 
Requires that functional epinephrine auto-injector devices be made available in places of public assembly and that at least one employee or volunteer of such place of public assembly be trained in its proper operation and use and be present at each facility function.
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A02885 Actions:

BILL NOA02885A
 
01/31/2023referred to health
07/10/2023amend and recommit to health
07/10/2023print number 2885a
01/03/2024referred to health
03/05/2024reported
03/07/2024advanced to third reading cal.343
05/23/2024passed assembly
05/23/2024delivered to senate
05/23/2024REFERRED TO FINANCE
05/29/2024SUBSTITUTED FOR S1078A
05/29/20243RD READING CAL.1467
05/29/2024PASSED SENATE
05/29/2024RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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A02885 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2885--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 31, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to requiring that
          functional epinephrine auto-injector  devices  be  made  available  in
          places  of public assembly and that at least one employee or volunteer
          of such place of public assembly be trained in  its  proper  operation
          and use and be present at each facility function
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 225 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5-d to read as follows:
     3    5-d. Places  of  public  assembly  on-site  epinephrine  auto-injector
     4  devices.
     5    (a)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of paragraph (r) of subdivision
     6  five of this section and section three thousand-c of this  chapter,  the
     7  sanitary code shall provide that each place of public assembly as speci-
     8  fied  in  this  section shall be required to maintain and make available
     9  on-site epinephrine auto-injector devices, as defined in  paragraph  (b)
    10  of subdivision one of section three thousand-c of this chapter, in quan-
    11  tities  and  types  deemed  by the commissioner to be adequate to ensure
    12  ready and appropriate access for use during emergencies.
    13    (b) Whenever places of public assembly are used for public or  private
    14  sponsored  events or activities the owners, operators and administrators
    15  responsible for such place of public assembly shall ensure the  presence
    16  of  at  least  one staff person or volunteer who is trained, pursuant to
    17  paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section  three  thousand-c  of  this
    18  chapter,  in  the  operation  and  use  of  an epinephrine auto-injector
    19  device.
    20    (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "places of public  assembly"
    21  shall  mean  those  with  an occupancy capacity of at least one thousand
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02696-03-3

        A. 2885--A                          2
 
     1  people and shall include: (i) all stadiums, ballparks, gymnasiums, field
     2  houses, arenas, civic  centers  and  similar  facilities  used  for  the
     3  conduct of sporting events; and (ii) concert halls, recital halls, thea-
     4  tres, indoor and outdoor amphitheaters or other auditoriums used for the
     5  presentation  of musical renditions or concerts. Places of public assem-
     6  bly shall not include halls owned by churches, religious  organizations,
     7  granges,  public  associations,  or free libraries as defined by section
     8  two hundred fifty-three of the education law.
     9    (d) Places of public assembly and staff pursuant to paragraphs (a) and
    10  (b) of this subdivision shall be subject to the requirements and limita-
    11  tions of section three thousand-c of this chapter.
    12    (e) Pursuant to sections three thousand-a and three thousand-c of this
    13  chapter, any public access epinephrine auto-injector device provider, or
    14  any employee or other agent of the provider who, in accordance with  the
    15  provisions of this section, voluntarily and without expectation of mone-
    16  tary compensation renders emergency medical or first aid treatment using
    17  an epinephrine auto-injector device which has been made available pursu-
    18  ant  to  this  section,  to a person who is unconscious, ill or injured,
    19  shall be liable only pursuant to section three thousand-a of this  chap-
    20  ter.
    21    (f) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit a poli-
    22  tical  subdivision of the state from continuing to implement and enforce
    23  any local law or regulation related  to  the  placement  of  epinephrine
    24  auto-injector  devices  in  places of public assembly as defined in this
    25  subdivision, in effect prior to the effective date of this  subdivision.
    26  Where  a  political  subdivision  has a local law in effect prior to the
    27  effective date of this subdivision, the provisions of  this  subdivision
    28  shall have no force and effect until such time as the political subdivi-
    29  sion repeals its local law.
    30    (g)  (i)  Operation of an epinephrine auto-injector device pursuant to
    31  this section shall be considered first aid or  emergency  treatment  for
    32  the purpose of any statute relating to liability.
    33    (ii) Operation of an epinephrine auto-injector device pursuant to this
    34  section shall not constitute the unlawful practice of a profession under
    35  title eight of the education law.
    36    §  2.  Paragraph  (f) of subdivision 2 of section 3000-c of the public
    37  health law, as added by chapter 373 of the laws of 2016, is  amended  to
    38  read as follows:
    39    (f) Nothing in this section shall require any eligible person or enti-
    40  ty to acquire, possess, store, make available, or administer an epineph-
    41  rine  auto-injector,  except  as  provided  for in subdivision five-d of
    42  section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
    43    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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