New York Assembly Bill A05848 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5848--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- 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 patient transporters to meet certain minimum requirements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Melania's 2 law". 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2831 to 4 read as follows: 5 § 2831. Patient transporters. 1. For the purposes of this section, the 6 terms: 7 (a) "Patient transporter" shall mean a person who provides the 8 services of transportation of patients in internal healthcare facility 9 moves including, but not limited to, movements to and from testing or 10 treatment areas, discharging of patients, and operation of transport 11 equipment to escort patients throughout a healthcare facility. "Patient 12 transporter" shall exclude high-level clinical teams that provide the 13 services of internal healthcare facility transportation for patients 14 with high-acuity, or who present with certain symptoms as may be deter- 15 mined by the commissioner and mobile code teams. 16 (b) "Healthcare facility" shall mean facilities subject to this arti- 17 cle. 18 2. A person shall not function as a patient transporter in a health- 19 care facility and a healthcare facility shall not employ or otherwise 20 contract for the services of a patient transporter unless the patient 21 transporter has successfully passed a state accredited basic life 22 support course, in which knowledge and skills in cardiopulmonary resus- 23 citation using automated external defibrillators and relieving airway EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07065-03-3 
 A. 5848--A 2 1 obstructions is taught. Healthcare facilities shall provide such course 2 to employees and potential employees at no cost to such individual. 3 3. A patient transporter currently employed or otherwise contracted by 4 a healthcare facility who does not meet the requirements of subdivision 5 two of this section shall have twelve months from the date of enactment 6 of this act to meet such requirements. 7 4. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any healthcare professional 8 from performing patient transporter tasks or functions if the person is 9 acting within the scope of his or her practice. 10 5. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a patient transporter 11 duty to assess and act in a situation where basic life support may be 12 required. 13 6. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations as they deem appro- 14 priate to effectuate the purposes of this section. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.