§ 1266-b. Medical emergency services plan; implementation on Long Island Rail Road. 1. a. The authority in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road is hereby authorized and directed to implement a comprehensive medical emergency services program, including an emergency response protocol, not later than September first, two thousand five, for the benefit of persons utilizing transportation and other related services of the Long Island Rail Road. Such program shall include but not be limited to provision for the following: The training of designated employees in first aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning of stricken commuters, knowledge of procedures and equipment used for respiratory and cardiac emergencies and an emergency response protocol for all employees.

b. Such program and plan shall be submitted to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the governor on or before September first, two thousand five, and shall be updated as necessary. The authority will issue an annual report on or before April first of each year beginning April first, two thousand six, which will include current updates, descriptions of medical emergencies, responses and outcomes since the most recent report, information regarding training of personnel, analysis of the current plan and any recommendations for improving the program.

2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special or local law, a designated employee employed upon facilities of the Long Island Rail Road who has been trained in first aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling and positioning of stricken commuters, and the applicable procedures and equipment used for respiratory and cardiac emergencies who voluntarily and without the expectation of monetary compensation renders any of the foregoing treatment in an emergency to a commuter upon facilities of the Long Island Rail Road who is unconscious, ill or injured shall not be liable for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by such commuter or for damages for the death of such commuter alleged to have occurred by reason of an act or omission in the rendering of such treatment in an emergency unless it is established that such injuries were or such death was caused by gross negligence on the part of such designated employee.