New York S 2658: Relates to special districts for ambulance services and to volunteer firefighter and ambulance services staffing

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S02658 Summary:

BILL NOS02658 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10368

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SPONSORSTEC

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN, OBERACKER, ORTT, TEDISCO

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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 NOS02658 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2658

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. STEC, GALLIVAN, OBERACKER, ORTT, TEDISCO -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Local Government

 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;

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

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