S 7166: Authorizes the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7166 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the 2 public health law, as amended by chapter 472 of the laws of 2024, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or 5 advanced life support first response service; a certified first respon- 6 der, firefighter in a county, city, town or village having a population 7 of less than two million provided such county is not wholly located 8 within a city with a population of more than one million, emergency 9 medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician, who is 10 employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii) a children's 11 overnight camp as defined in subdivision one of section thirteen hundred 12 ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day camp as defined in subdivision 13 two of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a traveling 14 summer day camp as defined in subdivision three of section thirteen 15 hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person employed by such a camp; 16 (iii) a school district, board of cooperative educational services, 17 county vocational education and extension board, charter school, and 18 non-public elementary and secondary school in this state or any person 19 employed by any such entity, or employed by a contractor of such an 20 entity while performing services for the entity; (iv) a sports, enter- 21 tainment, amusement, education, government, day care or retail facility; 22 an educational institution, youth organization or sports league; an 23 establishment that serves food; or a person employed by such entity; (v) 24 a police officer or peace officer in a county, city, town or village 25 having a population of less than two million provided such county is not EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02282-01-5 
 S. 7166 2 1 wholly located within a city with a population of more than one million; 2 (vi) forest rangers, park rangers and environmental conservation police 3 officers; [and] (vii) pre-school facilities or any person employed by 4 such facilities; and (viii) any other person or entity designated or 5 approved, or in a category designated or approved pursuant to regu- 6 lations of the commissioner in consultation with other appropriate agen- 7 cies. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 9 have become a law.