New York S 6537: Relates to continuing the New York State Smart Scholars Early College High School Program and the New York State Pathways in Technology Early College High School Program

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Amd §328, County L; add §14-146, NYC Ad Cd

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Relates to requiring 911 operators to ask callers for the approximate height and weight of the patient.

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6537

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the county law and the administrative code of the city
 of New York, in relation to requiring 911 operators to ask callers for
 the approximate height and weight of the patient

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 328 of the county law is amended
 2 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) In addition, the board shall adopt and require that all 911 opera-
 4 tors who receive an emergency call that requires fire or emergency
 5 service personnel to be dispatched to aid a patient, shall ask the call-
 6 er for the approximate height and weight of the patient, when practica-
 7 ble, and give that information to the fire or emergency service
 8 dispatcher. Additionally, in the event such 911 operator transfers the
 9 emergency call to fire or emergency service dispatchers prior to obtain-
 10 ing the height and weight information of the patient the fire or emer-
 11 gency service dispatcher shall ask the caller for the approximate height
 12 and weight of the patient, when practicable.
 13 § 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
 14 adding a new section 14-146 to read as follows:
 15 § 14-146 911 emergency call patient information. When a 911 operator
 16 receives an emergency call that requires fire or emergency service
 17 personnel to be dispatched to aid a patient, the 911 operator shall ask
 18 the caller for the approximate height and weight of the patient, when
 19 practicable, and give that information to the fire or emergency service
 20 dispatcher. In the event the 911 operator transfers the emergency call
 21 to fire or emergency service dispatchers prior to obtaining the height
 22 and weight information of the patient, the fire or emergency service
 23 dispatcher shall ask the caller for the approximate height and weight of
 24 the patient, when practicable.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 26 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10208-01-5

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