Bill Text: NY A00021 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to the employment of school nurses for the inspection of pupils attending certain public schools; relates to school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to education [A00021 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00021-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          21
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL, GUNTHER, BENEDETTO, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT,
         ORTIZ, PEOPLES-STOKES, PHEFFER, P. RIVERA, MARKEY, MILLMAN, GIBSON  --
         Multi-Sponsored   by  --  M.  of  A.  COOK,  FARRELL,  HOOPER,  PERRY,
         J. RIVERA, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to public school nurse
         staffing determinations in consultation with a nursing association
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Subdivision  1  of section 901 of the education law, as
    2  amended by section 57 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  School  health  services,  as  defined  in subdivision two of this
    5  section, shall be provided by each  school  district  for  all  students
    6  attending  the  public schools in this state, [except in the city school
    7  district of the city of New York,] as provided in this  article.  School
    8  health  services shall include the services of a registered professional
    9  nurse[, if one is employed,] and shall also include such services as may
   10  be rendered as provided in this article in examining  students  for  the
   11  existence  of  disease or disability and in testing the eyes and ears of
   12  such students.
   13    S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 902 of the education law,
   14  as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to  read  as
   15  follows:
   16    b.  Any  such board or trustees [may] OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD
   17  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL employ  [one  or  more  school
   18  nurses,  who  shall  be registered professional nurses, as well as other
   19  health professionals, as may be  required.]  A  MINIMUM  OF  ONE  SCHOOL
   20  NURSE,  WHO  SHALL  BE  A  REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE, IN EACH SCHOOL
   21  BUILDING.  ANY SUCH BOARD OR TRUSTEES OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  OR  BOARD
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00884-01-1
       A. 21                               2
    1  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  MAY  EMPLOY OTHER HEALTH PROFES-
    2  SIONALS, AS MAY BE REQUIRED. Such  registered  professional  nurses  and
    3  other  health  professionals  shall  aid  the  director of school health
    4  services of the district and shall perform such duties, including health
    5  instruction  for  the benefit of the public schools as may be prescribed
    6  by such board or trustees OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,
    7  in compliance with each such health professional's practice act.
    8    S 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.