New York S 1957: Authorizes certain persons to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device upon completion of appropriate training; requires the department of health to establish a registry

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S01957 Summary:

BILL NOS01957 

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Authorizes certain persons to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device upon completion of appropriate training; requires the department of health to establish a registry of the names of lay persons trained in the use of an epinephrine auto-injector device.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1957

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing
 certain persons to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an
 epinephrine auto-injector device upon completion of appropriate train-
 ing, and to require the department of health to establish a registry
 of the names of lay persons trained in the use of an epinephrine auto-
 injector device

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the
 2 public health law, as amended by chapter 472 of the laws of 2024, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or
 5 advanced life support first response service; a certified first respon-
 6 der, firefighter in a county, city, town or village having a population
 7 of less than two million provided such county is not wholly located
 8 within a city with a population of more than one million, emergency
 9 medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician, who is
 10 employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii) a children's
 11 overnight camp as defined in subdivision one of section thirteen hundred
 12 ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day camp as defined in subdivision
 13 two of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a traveling
 14 summer day camp as defined in subdivision three of section thirteen
 15 hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person employed by such a camp;
 16 (iii) a school district, board of cooperative educational services,
 17 county vocational education and extension board, charter school, and
 18 non-public elementary and secondary school in this state or any person
 19 employed by any such entity, or employed by a contractor of such an
 20 entity while performing services for the entity; (iv) a sports, enter-
 21 tainment, amusement, education, government, day care or retail facility;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05388-01-5

 S. 1957 2

 1 an educational institution, youth organization or sports league; an
 2 establishment that serves food; or a person employed by such entity; (v)
 3 a police officer or peace officer in a county, city, town or village
 4 having a population of less than two million provided such county is not
 5 wholly located within a city with a population of more than one million;
 6 (vi) forest rangers, park rangers and environmental conservation police
 7 officers; [and] (vii) any person who has voluntarily and successfully
 8 completed the training described in paragraph (c) of subdivision two of
 9 this section; and (viii) any other person or entity designated or
 10 approved, or in a category designated or approved pursuant to regu-
 11 lations of the commissioner in consultation with other appropriate agen-
 12 cies.
 13 § 2. Section 3000-c of the public health law is amended by adding a
 14 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 15 5. The department shall establish and regularly update a registry of
 16 persons currently trained to administer epinephrine by use of an
 17 epinephrine auto-injector device as provided in subparagraph (vii) of
 18 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of th