S 10725: Requires at least one automated external defibrillator to be available at electric utility worksites where two or more electrical utility workers are performing work on electrical transmission or distribution lines of six hundred one volts or more; requires electric utilities to maintain emergency response plans with regard to the use of automated external defibrillators.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10725  IN SENATE October 23, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring auto- mated external defibrillators at electric utility worksites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 66-y to read as follows: 3 § 66-y. Automated external defibrillators at utility worksites. 1. For 4 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following 5 meanings: 6 (a) "Automated external defibrillator" shall have the same meaning as 7 such term is defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 8 three thousand-b of the public health law. 9 (b) "Utility" means an electric corporation subject to the provisions 10 of this article. 11 (c) "Electric utility worker" means an employee of a utility or an 12 employee of an independent contractor or subcontractor performing work 13 on behalf of a utility. 14 (d) "Covered worksite" means any worksite where two or more electrical 15 utility workers are performing work on electrical transmission or 16 distribution lines of six hundred one volts or more. 17 2. (a) Each utility, or any independent contractor or subcontractor of 18 a utility, shall ensure that at least one automated external defibrilla- 19 tor is made available for emergency use at each covered worksite. 20 (b) Such automated external defibrillators shall be accessible to 21 employees and available for use without unreasonable delay. The commis- 22 sion shall establish requirements governing the placement, accessibil- 23 ity, transportation, and availability of automated external defibrilla- 24 tors, considering the nature and location of the work performed. 25 3. (a) Every utility shall establish and maintain a written emergen- 26 cy-response plan addressing the use of automated external defibrillators 27 at covered worksites. 28 (b) Such plan shall include, but not be limited to: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16477-01-6 
 S. 10725 2 1 (i) procedures for recognizing a suspected cardiac arrest and promptly 2 initiating emergency response; 3 (ii) procedures for promptly retrieving and using an available auto- 4 mated external defibrillator, consistent with applicable law and train- 5 ing; 6 (iii) procedures for alerting emergency medical services of the use of 7 an automated external defibrillator as soon as practicable, consistent 8 with applicable requirements of law; 9 (iv) procedures for coordinating emergency response among utility 10 employees, contractors, subcontractors, and emergency responders; and 11 (v) procedures for inspecting, maintaining, testing, and documenting 12 the readiness of each automated external defibrillator. 13 (c) Every utility shall provide its written emergency-response plan to 14 contractors and subcontractors performing work at covered worksites and 15 shall require such contractors and subcontractors to comply with such 16 plan. 17 4. (a) Every utility shall ensure that each automated external defi- 18 brillator under its responsibility is properly maintained and tested in 19 accordance with applicable law and the manufacturer's instructions. 20 (b) Each automated external defibrillator shall be inspected following 21 use and returned to service only after any necessary replacement, main- 22 tenance, or testing has been completed. 23 (c) Records of inspections, maintenance, testing, use, and corrective 24 action shall be maintained in accordance with regulations adopted by the 25 commission and other applicable law. 26 (d) Every utility shall establish procedures to ensure that an auto- 27 mated external defibrillator that is missing, damaged, expired, or 28 otherwise not ready for use is promptly repaired, replaced, or supple- 29 mented by another available automated external defibrillator. 30 5. Any employee of a utility who, in good faith and not for compen- 31 sation, renders emergency care or treatment by the use of an automated 32 external defibrillator shall not be liable for civil damages resulting 33 from any acts or omissions of such person rendering such emergency care. 34 6. Every utility shall ensure that employees receive appropriate 35 instruction and training regarding the use of automated external defi- 36 brillators. 37 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 38 have become a law. Effective immediately, the public service commission 39 is authorized to promulgate, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation 40 necessary for the implementation of this act on or before such effective 41 date.