Bill Text: NY S00607 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the creation of a prom and graduation safety program; develops educational materials.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-13 - PRINT NUMBER 607A [S00607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00607-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         607--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. BOYLE, PANEPINTO -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Alcoholism  and
          Drug  Abuse  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug
          Abuse  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --   committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the creation of a
          prom and graduation safety program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  19.26 to read as follows:
     3  § 19.26 Prom and graduation safety program.
     4    (a)  The  office  shall establish a prom and graduation safety program
     5  within the office, which shall focus upon ensuring the safety of adoles-
     6  cents attending their prom and celebrating high school graduation.
     7    (b) The commissioner, in conjunction with the  department  of  health,
     8  the  state education department, and the division of state police, shall
     9  develop educational materials for students, educators, and  parents  and
    10  guardians  with information and tips on how to keep adolescents safe and
    11  healthy, including, but not limited to, the dangers of the use and abuse
    12  of alcohol, tobacco, prescription medications, and illicit drugs with  a
    13  focus  on drugs that are prevalent among school-aged youth.  Such educa-
    14  tional materials, including printable brochures, shall be  available  on
    15  the  websites of the office and the state education department and shall
    16  be updated annually.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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