{"id":2563,"date":"2021-04-15T16:03:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:03:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:03:42","slug":"new-legislation-needed-to-enable-state-park-rangers-park-police-to-carry-epipens-to-help-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/new-legislation-needed-to-enable-state-park-rangers-park-police-to-carry-epipens-to-help-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"New Legislation Needed to Enable State Park Rangers, Park Police to Carry EpiPens to Help Save Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the overwhelming isolation New Yorkers have experienced during this pandemic, it\u2019ll be the &#8220;Roaring 20s&#8221; as they\u2019ll literally and figuratively be &#8220;itching&#8221; to get out and visit our state parks and recreate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hikers, campers, swimmers, hunters, and picnickers will be out in force.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll be bites and allergic reactions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we need our park rangers, forest rangers and environmental conservation police officers to be able to carry life-saving EpiPens to help respond to a severe allergic reaction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Epinephrine injectors, also known as \u201cEpiPens,\u201d are used to reverse the effects of severe allergic reactions or anaphylaxis from bee stings, drug reactions, food allergies or exercise-induced shock.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have introduced bi-partisan legislation with Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2021\/s4375\">S.4375\/A.4652<\/a>, that authorizes forest rangers, park rangers and environmental conservation police officers to possess and administer EpiPens.\u00a0 This measure provides clarity in the law for nearly 700 professionals including park rangers and park police who patrol and work in over 18.6 million acres of New York State forested lands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The list of authorized individuals under New York State law who can administer an EpiPen includes EMTs, children\u2019s overnight camp and summer day camp employees, staff at public and private schools, as well as employees who work at sports and entertainment venues, amusement parks, restaurants, youth organizations and sports leagues, daycare facilities and retail establishments.\u00a0 Law enforcement and firefighters were added into the law in 2019 thanks to legislation I authored and sponsored in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the overwhelming isolation New Yorkers have experienced during this pandemic, it\u2019ll be the &#8220;Roaring 20s&#8221; as they\u2019ll literally and figuratively be &#8220;itching&#8221; to get out and visit our state parks and recreate. &nbsp; Hikers, campers, swimmers, hunters, and picnickers will be out in force. &nbsp; They\u2019ll be bites and allergic reactions. &nbsp; That\u2019s why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civmixvoices.com\/tedisco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}