New York A 9440: Directs counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans

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A09440 Summary:

BILL NOA09440 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08806

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Amd §122-b, Gen Muni L; amd §2, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.7501-A & A.8086-A); add §3019, Pub Health L

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Directs the department of health to make available a model comprehensive county emergency medical system plan to provide guidance to counties in developing their plans and to review such county plans within a certain period of time; and directs counties, in coordination with their regional emergency medical services councils, to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans that provide for coordinated emergency medical systems within such counties.

Go to top A09440 Actions:

BILL NOA09440 

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01/06/2026referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

01/28/2026reported referred to ways and means

02/25/2026reported referred to rules

02/25/2026reported 

02/25/2026rules report cal.84

02/25/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.84

02/25/2026substituted by s8806

&nbspS08806 AMEND= MAYER

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.33

&nbsp01/20/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/20/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/20/2026referred to local governments

&nbsp02/25/2026substituted for a9440

&nbsp02/25/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.84

&nbsp02/25/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/25/2026returned to senate

&nbsp03/20/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp03/27/2026SIGNED CHAP.93

Go to topA09440 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Chair:Solages 
DATE:01/28/2026AYE/NAY:18/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means SolagesAyeBrownAye

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JacobsonAyeGallahanAye

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ConradAyeBeephanAye

RiveraAye

LevenbergAye

ShimskyAye

ShresthaAye

SchiavoniAye

WiederAye

KassayAye

O'PharrowAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:02/25/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:02/25/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushExcused

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

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DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightExcused

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelExcused

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Go to topA09440 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09440 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9440

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the general municipal law, in
 relation to directing counties to develop and maintain comprehensive
 county emergency medical system plans; and to amend a chapter of the
 laws of 2025 amending the general municipal law relating to directing
 counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency
 medical system plans, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 7501-A and A. 8086-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 3019 to read as follows:
 3 § 3019. Department review of comprehensive county emergency medical
 4 system plans. 1. The department, in consultation with the state emergen-
 5 cy medical services council, the regional emergency medical services
 6 councils, or any other group the department deems necessary, may make
 7 available a model comprehensive county emergency medical system plan
 8 format to help provide g