Bill Text: NY A04909 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides public access to epinephrine auto-injector devices at schools; establishes public access epinephrine auto-injector device providers.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-27 - print number 4909a [A04909 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04909-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4909--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 24, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SAYEGH,  BURDICK,  BENDETT  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee
          on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
          to  providing  public  access  to epinephrine auto-injector devices at
          schools

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 921-a of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, coun-
     4  ty vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and  non-
     5  public  elementary  and  secondary schools in this state shall be deemed
     6  "public access epinephrine auto-injector device providers" as defined in
     7  paragraph (d) of subdivision one of  section  three  thousand-c  of  the
     8  public  health  law and shall be subject to the requirements and limita-
     9  tions of such section.
    10    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3000-c  of  the  public  health  law  is
    11  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
    12    (d)  "Public access epinephrine auto-injector device provider" means a
    13  person, firm, organization or other entity possessing  or  operating  an
    14  epinephrine auto-injector device pursuant to this section.
    15    §  3.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3000-c of the public health law is
    16  amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
    17    (g) A public access epinephrine auto-injector device provider shall:
    18    (i) cause an epinephrine auto-injector device  to  be  maintained  and
    19  tested  according  to  applicable  standards of the manufacturer and any
    20  appropriate government agency.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (ii) notify the regional council of the existence, location  and  type
     2  of any epinephrine auto-injector device it possesses.
     3    (iii)  post  a  sign or notice at the main entrance to the facility or
     4  building in which the epinephrine auto-injector device is stored,  indi-
     5  cating  the  location where any such epinephrine auto-injector device is
     6  stored or maintained in such building or facility on a regular basis.
     7    § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     8  have become a law.