S 6662: Relates to assaults on medical providers and employees and volunteers of hospitals.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6662 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assaults on medical providers and employees and volunteers of hospitals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, 2 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016 and subdivi- 3 sion 11 as amended by section 2 of part Z of chapter 55 of the laws of 4 2024, are amended to read as follows: 5 3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, prosecu- 6 tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal 7 procedure law, [registered nurse, licensed practical nurse,] a physi- 8 cian, a physician assistant, a health care provider, a primary care 9 practitioner or primary care physician, a nurse or nursing professional 10 including a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, certified or licensed 11 nurse practitioner, a certified nursing assistant, or a licensed practi- 12 cal nurse, ambulance personnel, a director of a hospital or a medical 13 director, employee, attendant, agent or volunteer of a hospital as 14 defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law, a 15 public health sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sani- 16 tation enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefight- 17 er, including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical 18 technician administering first aid in the course of performance of duty 19 as such firefighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency 20 medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospi- 21 tal emergency department, a city marshal, a school crossing guard 22 appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general munici- 23 pal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent or 24 employee of any entity governed by the public service law in the course 25 of performing an essential service, from performing a lawful duty, by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09917-01-5 
 S. 6662 2 1 means including releasing or failing to control an animal under circum- 2 stances evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful 3 activity of such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in 4 subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, 5 [registered nurse, licensed practical nurse,] physician, physician 6 assistant, health care provider, primary care practitioner or primary 7 care physician, a nurse or nursing professional including a registered 8 nurse, nurse practitioner, certified or licensed nurse practitioner, a 9 certified nursing assistant, or a licensed practical nurse, ambulance 10 personnel, a director of a hospital or a medical director, employee, 11 attendant, agent or volunteer of a hospital as defined in section twen- 12 ty-eight hundred one of the public health law, a public health sanitari- 13 an, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement 14 agent, New York city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, techni- 15 cian, city marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section 16 two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement 17 officer, traffic enforcement agent or employee of an entity governed by 18 the public service law, [he or she causes] they cause physical injury to 19 such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivision 20 thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, [registered 21 nurse, licensed practical nurse,] physician, physician assistant, health 22 care provider, primary care practitioner or primary care physician, a 23 nurse or nursing professional including a registered nurse, nurse prac- 24 titioner, certified or licensed nurse practitioner, a certified nursing 25 assistant, or a licensed practical nurse, ambulance personnel, a direc- 26 tor of a hospital or a medical director, employee, attendant, agent or 27 volunteer of a hospital as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one 28 of the public health law, a public health sanitarian, New York city 29 public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city 30 sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician or medical or 31 related personnel in a hospital emergency department, city marshal, 32 school crossing guard, traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement 33 agent or employee of an entity governed by the public service law; or 34 11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, ticket 35 inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station 36 cleaner, terminal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic checker; 37 person whose official duties include the sale or collection of tickets, 38 passes, vouchers, or other revenue payment media for use on a train, 39 bus, or ferry the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a person 40 whose official duties include the maintenance, repair, inspection, trou- 41 bleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a transit signal 42 system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc- 43 ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip- 44 ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations, 45 train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or a 46 train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such personnel, 47 employed by any transit or commuter rail agency, authority or company, 48 public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or 49 any of its political subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing 50 guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general 51 municipal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent, 52 prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the 53 criminal procedure law, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city 54 sanitation worker, public health sanitarian, New York city public health 55 sanitarian, [registered nurse, licensed practical nurse] physician, 56 physician assistant, health care provider, primary care practitioner or 
 S. 6662 3 1 primary care physician, a nurse or nursing professional including a 2 registered nurse, nurse practitioner, certified or licensed nurse prac- 3 titioner, a certified nursing assistant, or a licensed practical nurse, 4 ambulance personnel, a director of a hospital or a medical director, 5 employee, attendant, agent or volunteer of a hospital as defined in 6 section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law, emergency 7 medical service paramedic, or emergency medical service technician, [he 8 or she causes] they cause physical injury to such train operator, ticket 9 inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station 10 cleaner, terminal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic checker; 11 person whose official duties include the sale or collection of tickets, 12 passes, vouchers or other revenue payment media for use on a train, bus, 13 or ferry or the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a person 14 whose official duties include the maintenance, repair, inspection, trou- 15 bleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a transit signal 16 system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc- 17 ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip- 18 ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations, 19 train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or a 20 train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such personnel, 21 city marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two 22 hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement offi- 23 cer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision 24 thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, [registered 25 nurse, licensed practical nurse] physician, physician assistant, health 26 care provider, primary care practitioner or primary care physician, a 27 nurse or nursing professional including a registered nurse, nurse prac- 28 titioner, certified or licensed nurse practitioner, a certified nursing 29 assistant, or a licensed practical nurse, ambulance personnel, a direc- 30 tor of a hospital or a medical director, employee, attendant, agent or 31 volunteer of a hospital as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one 32 of the public health law, public health sanitarian, New York city public 33 health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanita- 34 tion worker, emergency medical service paramedic, or emergency medical 35 service technician, while such employee is performing an assigned duty 36 on, or directly related to, the operation of a train or bus, cleaning of 37 a train or bus station or terminal, assisting customers, checking traf- 38 fic, the sale or collection of tickets, passes, vouchers, or other 39 revenue media for use on a train, bus, or ferry or maintenance or clean- 40 ing of a train, a bus, a ferry, or bus station or terminal, signal 41 system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc- 42 ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip- 43 ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations, 44 train yard or revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or 45 such city marshal, school crossing guard, traffic enforcement officer, 46 traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty- 47 one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, [registered nurse, 48 licensed practical nurse] physician, physician assistant, health care 49 provider, primary care practitioner or primary care physician, a nurse 50 or nursing professional including a registered nurse, nurse practition- 51 er, certified or licensed nurse practitioner, a certified nursing 52 assistant, or a licensed practical nurse, ambulance personnel, a direc- 53 tor of a hospital or a medical director, employee, attendant, agent or 54 volunteer of a hospital as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one 55 of the public health law, public health sanitarian, New York city public 56 health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanita- 
 S. 6662 4 1 tion worker, emergency medical service paramedic, or emergency medical 2 service technician is performing an assigned duty; or 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law.