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A10368 Summary:

BILL NOA10368 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02658

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §122-b, Gen Muni L; add §720, Exec L

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Relates to the establishment of special districts for general ambulance services; requires a report on issues of volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing.

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BILL NOA10368 

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03/02/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10368

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 2, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the establish-
 ment of special districts for general ambulance services; and to amend
 the executive law, in relation to a report on volunteer firefighter
 and ambulance services staffing

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of section
 2 122-b of the general municipal law, paragraphs (d) and (f) as amended by
 3 chapter 303 of the laws of 1980 and paragraph (e) as amended by section
 4 2 of part KK of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new
 5 closing paragraph is added to read as follows:
 6 (d) Establish a special district for the financing and operation of
 7 general ambulance services as set forth by this section, whereby any
 8 county, city, town or village, acting individually, or jointly with any
 9 other county, city, town and/or village, through its governing body or
 10 bodies, following applicable procedures as are required for the estab-
 11 lishment of fire districts in article eleven of the town law or follow-
 12 ing applicable procedures as are required for the establishment of joint
 13 fire districts in article eleven-A of the town law, with such special
 14 district being authorized by this section to be established in all or
 15 any part of any such participating county or counties, town or towns,
 16 city or cities and/or village or villages;
 17 (e) Employ any combination of the methods authorized in paragraph (a),
 18 (b) [or], (c) or (d);
 19 [(e)] (f) A contract may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of
 20 this section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad
 21 of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the provisions
 22 of section two hundred nine-b of this chapter;
 23 [(f)] (g) Consider prehospital emergency treatment as that care
 24 provided by certified emergency medical technicians or certified
 25 advanced emergency medical technicians certified pursuant to the
 26 provisions of article thirty of the public health law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06723-01-5

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 1 Any county, city, town or village which establishes or participates in
 2 a joint district pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision shall
 3 dissolve and abolish any preexisting local district serving the same
 4 jurisdiction.
 5 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 122-b of the general
 6 municipal law, as amended by chapter 303 of the laws of 1980, is amended
 7 to read as follows:
 8 [(e)] (f) No contract shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions
 9 of this section for the services of an emergency rescue and first aid
 10 squad of a fire department or fire company which is subject to the
 11 provisions of section two hundred nine-b of [the general municipal law]
 12 this chapter;
 13 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 720 to read
 14 as follows:
 15 § 720. Report on volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staff-
 16 ing. 1. On or before the first day of January two thousand twenty-seven,
 17 the commissioner, in consultation with the state office of fire
 18 prevention and control, shall prepare and publish a report on the staff-
 19 ing of volunteer firefighter and ambulance services in New York state.
 20 Such report shall examine and evaluate the challenge