Bill Text: NY S01026 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires teachers in public and non-public school systems to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies in accordance with standards to be prescribed by the commissioner of education in consultation with the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01026 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01026-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1026
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, DIAZ, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, SAMP-
         SON, SERRANO, SMITH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
         ed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all teachers
         to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies
         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    S 3001-E. ASTHMA EMERGENCIES; TRAINING IN IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSE.
    4  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL
    5  ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND  OTHER  APPROPRIATE
    6  PERSONNEL  IN IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO ASTHMA EMERGENCIES IN PUPILS
    7  AND OTHER PERSONS. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL SPECIFY MINIMUM LEVELS OF  KNOW-
    8  LEDGE  AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL PERMIT TRAIN-
    9  ING TO BE GIVEN BY PERSONS OR ORGANIZATIONS DEEMED QUALIFIED TO DO SO BY
   10  THE COMMISSIONER.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
   12  law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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