---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a community-based paramedicine demonstration program"
description: "Establishes a community-based paramedicine demonstration program to operate with the flexibility authorized under Executive Order Number 4 of 2021, and in the same manner and capacity as currently approved for a period of two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6749"
citation: "New York S 6749 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d9e1fe8-0ca7-443c-bec4-b9c20dec9192"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6749"
source_hash: "7de842bc3dd7cdce81dd8ee6601a34d8aab1edfbeda59a8d2a04e6bc1c690ae5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 6749 (2023-2024) — Establishes a community-based paramedicine demonstration program

Establishes a community-based paramedicine demonstration program to operate with the flexibility authorized under Executive Order Number 4 of 2021, and in the same manner and capacity as currently approved for a period of two years.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6749&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6749A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6749A)
3. **S6749B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6749B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** PRINT NUMBER 6749A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** 1ST REPORT CAL.1056
- **2023-05-18** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6749B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6683B
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.649
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** SIGNED CHAP.137 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d9e1fe8-0ca7-443c-bec4-b9c20dec9192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).