Bill Text: NY S00607 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 607 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires at least one employee of any child care facility to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-20 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S00607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00607-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          607
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Social  Services,
         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
         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 5 to read as follows:
    3    5. DURING OPERATING HOURS OF FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES, GROUP  FAMILY  DAY
    4  CARE  HOMES,  SCHOOL-AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS AND CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS,
    5  AT LEAST ONE EMPLOYEE SHALL HOLD A VALID CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF  A
    6  COURSE  OF STUDY IN FIRST AID KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OFFERED BY THE AMERI-
    7  CAN NATIONAL RED CROSS AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR MEET  EQUIV-
    8  ALENT  REQUIREMENTS AS CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER. ANY SUCH COURSE OF
    9  STUDY OR EQUIVALENT REQUIREMENTS SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN THE ADMIN-
   10  ISTRATION OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   12  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
   13  ly the amendment, addition, and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   14  necessary  for  the  timely  implementation of this act on its effective
   15  date is hereby authorized and directed to be  made  on  or  before  such
   16  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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