File #: Int 0138-2022    Version: * Name: Resource and training assistance to NYC’s community-based volunteer ambulance companies.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
On agenda: 3/24/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to resource and training assistance to New York City's community-based volunteer ambulance companies.
Sponsors: Kalman Yeger , Lincoln Restler, Justin L. Brannan, Robert F. Holden, Linda Lee, Lynn C. Schulman, Joann Ariola , Vickie Paladino, David M. Carr
Council Member Sponsors: 9
Summary: This bill would require the Fire Department to provide vehicle insurance, access to medical supplies, and ambulance driver training for volunteer ambulance services.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 138, 2. Int. No. 138, 3. March 24, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-24-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 24, 2022, 6. Committee Report 11/28/23, 7. Hearing Testimony 11/28/23, 8. Hearing Transcript 11/28/23

Int. No. 138

 

By Council Members Yeger, Restler, Brannan, Holden, Lee, Schulman, Ariola, Paladino and Carr

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to resource and training assistance to New York City’s community-based volunteer ambulance companies.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter one of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (3) to subdivision a of section 15-101 to read as follows:

(3) “Voluntary ambulance service” shall mean a voluntary ambulance service as such term is defined in section three thousand one of the public health law that is registered or certified in compliance with section three thousand five of the public health law.

§2. Chapter one of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-132 to read as follows:

§ 15-132 Volunteer ambulance service resources.

a. The department shall provide vehicle insurance and access to medical supplies for any volunteer ambulance service operating within the city of New York.

b. The department shall provide ambulance driver training for any person who intends to become a driver for any volunteer ambulance service operating within the city of New York, provided that a volunteer ambulance service shall certify to the department that the person is or will become a driver for such service.

c. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any person or any voluntary ambulance service to accept or utilize the resources described herein.

§3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.