Bill Text: NY A00757 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 757 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires certain school staff members to be trained in the Heimlich maneuver and requires at least one such trained person to be present when and where students eat meals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A00757 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00757-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          757
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, MILLER, CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. ARROYO, GABRYSZAK, GIBSON -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
         school staff members to be trained in the Heimlich maneuver
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 907 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 907. HEIMLICH MANEUVER.  1. NO LATER THAN ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS
    4  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF
    5  COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTEN-
    6  SION BOARDS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE STAFF  MEMBER
    7  IN EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING, FACILITY OR ANNEX TO:
    8    A.  BE TRAINED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER; AND
    9    B.  THAT ONE SUCH PERSON TRAINED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEIMLICH
   10  MANEUVER BE PRESENT IN THE SAME ROOM WHILE STUDENTS EAT  MEALS,  INCLUD-
   11  ING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO LUNCHROOMS, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, AUDITORIUMS AND
   12  OUTDOOR EATING FACILITIES.
   13    2. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  FOR  THE
   14  IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05199-01-3