New York S 7700: Relates to sleep apnea testing for commercial vehicle drivers

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S07700 Summary:

BILL NOS07700 

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SPONSORCARLUCCI

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Requires commercial vehicle carriers to have commercial vehicle drivers screened for sleep apnea; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish qualification standards for commercial drivers who test positive for sleep apnea; makes related provisions.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7700

 IN SENATE

 February 9, 2018
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to sleep apnea
 testing for commercial vehicle drivers

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 509-z to read as follows:
 3 § 509-z. Medical examinations. 1. Each commercial vehicle carrier
 4 shall require commercial drivers to be screened for sleep apnea, as
 5 defined in subdivision nine of section two hundred sixty-two of the
 6 public health law, pursuant to regulations established by the commis-
 7 sioner, by a physician, a certified nurse practitioner to the extent
 8 authorized by law and consistent with subdivision three of section six
 9 thousand nine hundred two of the education law, or a registered physi-
 10 cian assistant who is not the personal physician, nurse practitioner or
 11 physician assistant of the driver.
 12 2. The commissioner shall establish qualification standards for
 13 commercial drivers who test positive for sleep apnea and shall require
 14 qualification to be employed as a commercial driver be dependent on
 15 documentation of compliance with treatment for sleep apnea.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 17 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14709-01-8

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