Bill Text: NY A07035 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain employees of certain child day cares to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid; such training and certification must be maintained as current according to the standards established by the American National Red Cross or the American Heart Association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to children and families [A07035 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07035-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7035
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCARBOROUGH, PHEFFER, TITUS, BOYLAND, TOWNS,
         GABRYSZAK, ROBINSON, JAFFEE, MENG, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A. McENENY, PAULIN, PERRY, REILLY,  J. RIVERA,  N. RIVERA,  WRIGHT  --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to requiring
         employees of certain child care facilities to be trained and certified
         in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  390-a  of  the social services law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    3    6. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGU-
    4  LATIONS REQUIRING OPERATORS, PROGRAM DIRECTORS, ASSISTANTS AND EMPLOYEES
    5  WITH  THE POTENTIAL FOR REGULAR AND SUBSTANTIAL CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OF
    6  FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES, GROUP FAMILY DAY  CARE  HOMES,  SCHOOL-AGE  CHILD
    7  CARE  PROGRAMS  AND  CHILD  DAY  CARE CENTERS TO RECEIVE CARDIOPULMONARY
    8  RESUSCITATION AND FIRST AID TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.  THE  RULES  AND
    9  REGULATIONS  SHALL  REQUIRE SUCH TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS TO BE MAIN-
   10  TAINED AS CURRENT PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERI-
   11  CAN NATIONAL RED CROSS OR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   13  have  become  a  law,  provided, however, that effective immediately the
   14  amendment, addition, and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  necessary
   15  for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date is here-
   16  by authorized and directed to be made on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10379-01-1