New York Senate Bill S06749 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6749--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 establishing a community-based paramedicine demonstration program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 3018 to read as follows: 3 § 3018. Community-based paramedicine demonstration program. 1. The 4 department shall establish a community-based paramedicine demonstration 5 program to evaluate the concept of community paramedicine in different 6 communities in the state. 7 2. This program shall only allow for mobile integrated and community 8 paramedicine programs presently operating under the authority of Execu- 9 tive Order Number 4 of two thousand twenty-one, entitled "Declaring a 10 Statewide Disaster Emergency Due to Healthcare staffing shortages in the 11 State of New York" to continue in the same manner and capacity as 12 currently approved for a period of five years following the expiration 13 of such executive order. 14 3. Such program shall include but not be limited to: 15 (a) Authorizing EMTs and advanced EMTs to provide emergent and non-em- 16 ergent services within their scope of practice beyond settings currently 17 authorized, provided that the delivery of such services in full or in 18 part will not decrease the agency's ability to respond to requests for 19 emergency assistance. 20 (b) Permitting emergency medical service personnel to provide communi- 21 ty paramedicine, use alternative destinations, telemedicine to facili- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11015-03-3 
 S. 6749--A 2 1 tate treatment of persons in place, and such other services as may be 2 approved by the commissioner. 3 (c) Authorizing certified emergency medical technicians and/or 4 paramedics providing community paramedicine services, with prior 5 approval of the department, to administer vaccinations against influenza 6 and COVID-19 pursuant to non-patient specific orders and under the 7 medical director or a licensed physician. 8 4. The department shall evaluate and report on the demonstration 9 program ninety days after the completion of the demonstration program. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 11 deemed repealed 5 years after such date; provided, however, that if this 12 act shall have become a law on or after May 22, 2023 this act shall take 13 effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and 14 effect on and after May 22, 2023.