New York S 4316: Defines lease-hold retirement community and proscribes rules and regulations for ownership and operation thereof

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S04316 Summary:

BILL NOS04316 

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Add §91-b, Pub Serv L

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Requires a phone company to restore service promptly when phone service goes down for someone who uses a medical alert system or a device that transmits medical data.

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BILL NOS04316 

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1097

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4316

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring a phone
 company to restore service promptly when phone service goes down for
 someone who uses a medical alert system or a device that transmits
 medical data

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

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 91-b to read as follows:
 3 § 91-b. Service restoration for consumers using a medical alert system
 4 or a device that transmits medical data. 1. Every telephone corporation
 5 subject to the provisions of this article shall develop and implement an
 6 emergency response plan ensuring the reasonably prompt restoration of
 7 telephone services in the event of an outage for customers who utilize a
 8 medical alert system or communications equipment, in conjunction with
 9 medical devices, to monitor and transmit medical data to their treating
 10 physicians' medical sites.
 11 2. (a) Each emergency response plan described in subdivision one of
 12 this section shall be submitted by the telephone corporation to the
 13 commission for review and approval. All such plans shall be submitted
 14 annually, on or before December fifteenth.
 15 (b) The commission shall review the emergency response plan and notify
 16 the telephone corporation of approval or disapproval of the plan within
 17 thirty days of receiving the plan. If the plan is disapproved, the
 18 commission shall provide the telephone corporation with written notifi-
 19 cation of the reasons for the disapproval at the time it notifies the
 20 telephone corporation of the disapproval of the plan. The telephone
 21 corporation shall revise the plan to address the reasons for disapproval
 22 and shall re-submit the plan to the commission within thirty days of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05572-01-5

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 1 receiving notice of the disapproval. The commission shall review the
 2 resubmitted plan and notify the telephone corporation of approval or
 3 disapproval within fifteen days of receiving the revised plan.
 4 3. Each emergency response plan shall include, at a minimum, the
 5 following:
 6 (a) the name, address and contact information for each customer who
 7 has provided written or online documentation of their need for telephone
 8 service for medical needs during outages;
 9 (b) outreach plans to communicate with each customer who has provided
 10 written or online documentation of such customer's need for telephone
 11 service for medical needs during outages;
 12 (c) procedures to practice the emergency response plan; and
 13 (d) such other additional information as the commission may require.
 14 4. Every telephone corporation subject to the provisions of this arti-
 15 cle shall:
 16 (a) send annually to each residence it serves a form that may be used
 17 to notify the telephone corporation that a person living in the resi-
 18 dence suffers from life threatening medical conditions which require a
 19 medical alert system or the constant use of communications technology to
 20 remotely monitor and transmit critical medical data to treating physi-
 21