Bill Text: NY S00587 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires newly certified teachers to be trained in the use of an epinephrine auto-injector; requires such teachers to be certified within 3 months of date of hire.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00587 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00587-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           587

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens. BENJAMIN, HARCKHAM, KAMINSKY, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring newly certi-
          fied  teachers  to  receive  instruction  in the use of an epinephrine
          auto-injector

          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.  Epinephrine  auto-injector  instruction.   1. (a) Teachers
     4  shall complete a course or training in the use of an  epinephrine  auto-
     5  injector  within  three  months  of  the  day such person was hired by a
     6  school district or schools designated under article  fifty-six  of  this
     7  chapter in the state.
     8    (b) Documentation showing the successful completion of the epinephrine
     9  auto-injector  instruction  required  pursuant  to this section shall be
    10  kept in such teacher's personnel file.
    11    2. The training required pursuant to this section may be performed  by
    12  the registered nurse at the school in which the teacher is hired to work
    13  or by a recognized food allergy and anaphylaxis training program through
    14  any  method available, including but not limited to courses online or in
    15  person.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to  class-
    17  room teachers that have been certified after such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00444-01-1