SUMMARY:

SUMMARY:

S5509 SEWARD
SEWARD
Amd S2, Chap 459 of 1996
Extends to 7/1/06 the pilot program (due to expire 8/8/01) developed by the commissioner of health in consultation with the state emergency services council in at least 6 regions of the state, allowing certain emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians to renew certification without requiring completion of written examination.
EFF. DATE 08/17/2001

STATUS:
Public Health
TITLE....Extends to 7/1/06 pilot program allowing certain emergency medical technicians to renew certification without requiring completion of written examination


06/12/01	REFERRED TO RULES
06/19/01	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1259
06/19/01	PASSED SENATE
06/19/01	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/19/01	referred to health
06/20/01	substituted for a9043
06/20/01	ordered to third reading rules cal.771
06/20/01	passed assembly
06/20/01	returned to senate
08/07/01	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
08/17/01	SIGNED CHAP.190

BILL TEXT:

                STATE OF NEW YORK

       ________________________________________________________________________

                              2001-2002 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     June 12, 2001

                                      ___________

       Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when

         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

       AN ACT to amend chapter 459 of the laws  of  1996  amending  the  public

         health  law relating to recertification of persons providing emergency

         medical care, in  relation to extending the provisions thereof

         The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

       bly, do enact as follows:

    1    Section  1.  Section 2 of chapter 459 of the laws of 1996 amending the

    2  public health law relating to recertification of persons providing emer-

    3  gency medical care, is amended to read as follows:

    4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be

    5  deemed  repealed [five years after the date on which this act shall have

    6  become a law] July 1, 2006.

    7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

        EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                  LBD11757-01-1

SPONSORS MEMO:

NEW YORK STATE SENATE
INTRODUCER'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT
submitted in accordance with Senate Rule VI. Sec 1

BILL NUMBER: S5509

SPONSOR: SEWARD

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend chapter 459 of the laws of 1996 amend-

ing the public health law relating to recertification of persons provid-

ing emergency medical care, in  relation to extending the provisions

thereof

PURPOSE:   The purpose of this bill is to extend a program that allows

continuing education  recertification  for  emergency  medical  services

technicians.

SUMMARY  OF  PROVISIONS:    This  bill would extend for five years the

pilot program that  allows  emergency  medical  technicians  (EMTs)  and

advanced  emergency  medical technicians (AEMTs), who have completed the

necessary continuing education  requirements,  to  renew  their  certif-

ication without completing a written examination.

EFFECTS  OF  PRESENT  LAW  WHICH  THIS  BILL WOULD ALTER:   This would

continue the pilot program which would otherwise  expire  on  August  8,

2001.

JUSTIFICATION:   This program was originally enacted as an alternative

to the written examination required of EMTs  and  AEMTs.    The  program

needs to be extended to give the Department of Health more time to eval-

uate the effectiveness of this alternative recertification process.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  1996: A.9337-B (Tonko) - sign Chapter 459; first

established pilot programs.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Effective immediately and sunsets on July 1, 2006.