New York A 2153: Provides for the use of glucagon emergency injection kits by persons other than licensed health care professionals

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A02153 Summary:

BILL NOA02153 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Amd §§3000-a, 3000-c, add §3000-g, Pub Health L

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Provides for the use of glucagon emergency injection kits by persons other than licensed health care professionals; provides for expanded use of epinephrine auto-injector devices in schools in emergency circumstances.

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01/15/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2153

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to use of epinephrine
 auto-injector devices in schools and authorizing the use of glucagon
 for emergency injection kits

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3000-a of the public health law,
 2 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. (i) Any person or entity that purchases, operates, facilitates
 5 implementation or makes available resuscitation equipment that facili-
 6 tates first aid, an automated external defibrillator [or], an epineph-
 7 rine auto-injector device or a glucagon emergency injection kit as
 8 required by or pursuant to law or local law, or that conducts training
 9 under section three thousand-c of this article, or (ii) an emergency
 10 health care provider under a collaborative agreement pursuant to section
 11 three thousand-b of this article with respect to an automated external
 12 defibrillator, or (iii) a health care practitioner that prescribes,
 13 dispenses or provides an epinephrine auto-injector device under section
 14 three thousand-c of this article, or (iv) the emergency health care
 15 provider with a collaborative agreement under section three thousand-g
 16 of this article with respect to use of a glucagon emergency injection
 17 kit, shall not be liable for damages arising either from the use of that
 18 equipment by a person who voluntarily and without expectation of mone-
 19 tary compensation renders first aid or emergency treatment at the scene
 20 of an accident or medical emergency, or from the use of defectively
 21 manufactured equipment; provided that this subdivision shall not limit
 22 the person's or entity's, the emergency health care provider's, or other
 23 health care practitioner's liability for [his] such person's or
 24 entity's, [her] emergency health care provider's or [its] other health

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05795-01-5

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 1 care practitioner's own negligence, gross negligence or intentional
 2 misconduct.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 3000-c of the public health law is
 4 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
 5 (d) Every school district that designates any person or persons as an
 6 eligible person shall immediately notify the commissioner of education
 7 and ensure that all such persons immediately successfully complete the
 8 training required by paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section three
 9 thousand-g of this article.
 10 § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3000-g
 11 to read as follows:
 12 § 3000-g. Glucagon emergency injection kits. 1. Definitions. As used
 13 in this section:
 14 (a) "Eligible person, firm, organization, or other entity" means, (i)
 15 an ambulance service or advanced life support first response service; a
 16 certified first responder, emergency medical technician, or advanced
 17 emergency medical technician, who is employed by or an enrolled member
 18 of any such service; (ii) a children's overnight camp as defined in
 19 subdivision one of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter,
 20 a summer day camp as defined in subdivision two of section thirteen
 21 hundred ninety-two of this