Bill Text: NY A09727 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires cardiac screening of student athletes; mandates coaches receive training in CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-29 - referred to health [A09727 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09727-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9727
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 29, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  preven-
         tative cardiac screening of student athletes
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 29 to read as follows:
    3    29. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
    4  OF EDUCATION, PROMULGATE BY REGULATION, GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS MANDAT-
    5  ING  THAT  STUDENT  ATHLETES  RECEIVE  PREVENTATIVE CARDIAC SCREENING TO
    6  DETECT CONDITIONS AND DEFECTS WHICH MAY LEAD TO ILLNESS, INJURY OR DEATH
    7  AS A RESULT OF STRENUOUS PHYSICAL  ACTIVITY.    THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
    8  DETERMINE  THE  SPECIFIC  TYPES  OF  SCREENING  WHICH  SHALL BE REQUIRED
    9  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ADVANCED SCREENING FOR THE  DIAGNOSIS  OF
   10  HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY.
   11    (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "STUDENT ATHLETE" SHALL MEAN ANY
   12  STUDENT  PARTICIPATING  IN SUPERVISED SPORTING ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY A
   13  PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL,  OR  AN  ORGANIZATION,  ASSOCIATION  OR  GROUP
   14  ORGANIZED  AND  FUNCTIONING,  IN  WHOLE  OR  IN PART, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
   15  PROVIDING YOUTH WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SUPERVISED SPORT-
   16  ING ACTIVITIES.
   17    (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH BY REGULATION, GUIDELINES MANDAT-
   18  ING THAT COACHES AND TRAINERS OF STUDENT ATHLETES, AS  DEFINED  IN  THIS
   19  SUBDIVISION,  WHETHER  PAID  OR  UNPAID,  SHALL  BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE
   20  TRAINING IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND  THE  CORRECT  USE  OF  AN
   21  AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP PROGRAMS
   22  TO PROVIDE SUCH TRAINING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE  AT
   23  LEAST FOUR TIMES PER YEAR.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03354-03-2