Please contact your legislators to support EMS in NYS. There are 18 days left in this legislative session! Counties, Legislators, and Emergency Medical Service Professionals Unveil Legislative Package to ‘Rescue EMS’ https://www.nysac.org/news/posts/counties-legislators-unveil-legislative-package-to-rescue-ems/ The “Rescue EMS” package includes the following legislation: 4020-B (Mayer) / A.3392-B (Otis) – This comprehensive legislative package allows special taxing districts to...
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Bill S1466/A250A
Please help support our ambulance agencies by contacting your Assembly representatives and have them vote YES on S1466/A250-A Magnarelli (link to text: https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A00250&term=2023&Summary=Y&Text=Y). This Bill authorizes payments to nonparticipating or nonpreferred providers of ambulance services licensed under article 30 of the public health law. The State Senate has already voted to support this. Below is...
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EMS Provisions from the Health Budget the Governor signed on May 3, 2023
PART S Section 1. Section 3002 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 1-a. The state emergency medical services council shall advise and assist the commissioner on such issues as the commissioner may require related to the provision of emergency medical service, specialty care, designated facility care, and...
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Position on Revision of Article 30 of the NYS Public Health Law
The following document reflects the position of the Regional EMS Council of NYC and the NYC Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee on the revision of Article 30 of the NYS Public Health Law. For a pdf copy of our position, click here Regional EMS Council of NYC NYC Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee February 2023...