Bill Text: NY A05702 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires teachers in public and non-public school systems to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies in accordance with standards to be prescribed by the commissioner of education in consultation with the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A05702 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05702-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5702
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS, WEPRIN, AUBRY, COOK, PERRY -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M.  of A. ABBATE, MOSLEY -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all teachers
          to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies
          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 3001-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3001-e. Asthma emergencies; training in identification and response.
     4  The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall
     5  establish standards for the training of teachers and  other  appropriate
     6  personnel  in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies in pupils
     7  and other persons. Such standards shall specify minimum levels of  know-
     8  ledge  and procedures to be followed. Such standards shall permit train-
     9  ing to be given by persons or organizations deemed qualified to do so by
    10  the commissioner.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    12  law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05862-01-9