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Int 0903-2023

Requiring provision of body armor to fire department employees providing emergency medical services.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Fire and Emergency Managementintroduced 2023-02-02

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2023-02-02Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Fire Department to provide the type of body armor it determines would be most suitable for the protection of its employees engaged in the provision of emergency medical services.

Committee on Fire and Emergency ManagementFire/EMS (non-health-related issues), and Emergency Management Department[ (OEM)].

How it compares

36% of similar bills passed

18 passed · 32 died

This bill: 332 days in committee

Similar bills: median 505 days · 95 days when passed

Sponsors (8)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-02-02 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-02-02 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-11-28 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-11-28 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (3)

Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2023-11-28 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2023-10-30 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2023-02-02 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-147 to read as follows: � 15-147 Provision of body armor. a. Within 1 year after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the commissioner shall provide body armor to all employees of the department who provide emergency medical services. Such body armor shall be of the type that the commissioner determines would be most suitable for the protection of such employees and shall meet a ballistic resistance or stab resistance standard of the national institute of justice or any successor standards. b. No employee of the department shall be permitted to retain or use the body armor provided pursuant to subdivision a of this section after leaving the employment of the department or moving to a position that does not involve the provision of emergency medical services. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. RL LS #11169 01/09/2023 1 2