New York A 1828: Designates certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first responders

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A01828 Summary:

BILL NOA01828 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S04758

&nbsp

SPONSORPheffer Amato

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §3001, Pub Health L

&nbsp

Designates certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first responders.

Go to top A01828 Actions:

BILL NOA01828 

&nbsp

01/14/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

Go to topA01828 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA01828 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01828 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1828

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to designating
 certain emergency and public safety dispatchers and operators as first
 responders

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 3001 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by chapter 804 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 5. "Certified first responder" means an individual who meets the mini-
 5 mum requirements established by regulations pursuant to section three
 6 thousand two of this article and who is responsible for administration
 7 of initial life saving care of sick and injured persons, and shall
 8 include public safety dispatchers, emergency responders, emergency oper-
 9 ators, emergency complaint operators and emergency services dispatchers,
 10 who provide communication support services within police and sheriff's
 11 departments as well as fire, rescue and emergency services departments.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04213-01-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps