Bill Text: NY S01297 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes the "Dominic Murray sudden cardiac arrest prevention act"; directs the commissioners of education and health to establish rules and regulations for the treatment and monitoring of students of school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and nonpublic schools who exhibit signs or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01297 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01297-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         1297--B
            Cal. No. 686
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. MARCELLINO, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed,  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --
          recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said  committee  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
          to  directing  the  commissioners of education and health to establish
          rules and regulations for the treatment and monitoring of students  of
          school  districts,  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services and
          nonpublic schools who exhibit signs  or  symptoms  of  sudden  cardiac
          arrest
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "Dominic Murray sudden cardiac arrest prevention act".
     3    §  2.  Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 31 to read as follows:
     5    31. The commissioner shall develop information that is reviewed by the
     6  commissioner of education related to students who exhibit signs or symp-
     7  toms of sudden cardiac arrest. Such information shall include,  but  not
     8  be  limited to, the definition of sudden cardiac arrest, signs and symp-
     9  toms of sudden cardiac arrest, and guidelines for  a  student's  partic-
    10  ipation  in interscholastic athletics after exhibiting signs or symptoms
    11  of sudden cardiac arrest.  Such  information  shall  be  posted  on  the
    12  department's website.
    13    §  3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 923 to read
    14  as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06004-04-8

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     1    § 923. Sudden cardiac arrest. a. The  commissioner  shall  review  the
     2  information developed by the commissioner of health required by subdivi-
     3  sion  thirty-one  of section two hundred six of the public health law to
     4  assist in the education and awareness  of  the  signs  and  symptoms  of
     5  sudden  cardiac  arrest. Such information shall be posted on the depart-
     6  ment's website. In addition, each school shall be  required  to  include
     7  such information reviewed by the department and developed by the depart-
     8  ment  of  health  in any permission form or parent or person in parental
     9  relation consent form or similar document that may  be  required  for  a
    10  student's  participation  in  interscholastic  athletics  and shall also
    11  include such information, or reference how to  obtain  such  information
    12  from  the  department  and  the  department of health's websites, on the
    13  school's website, if one exists.
    14    b. The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  that
    15  authorize  school  districts, in their discretion, to establish a sudden
    16  cardiac arrest management team. Such management team shall  be  composed
    17  of  an athletic director, a school nurse, a school physician, a coach of
    18  the interscholastic team,  an  athletic  trainer  or  other  appropriate
    19  personnel  as  designated  by  the  school  or school district. Provided
    20  further, every sudden cardiac arrest management team may  establish  and
    21  implement a program that annually provides information on sudden cardiac
    22  arrest  to  parents or persons in parental relation.  In developing such
    23  rules and regulations, the commissioner shall consider input from stake-
    24  holders and other interested parties  including,  but  not  limited  to,
    25  parents,  teachers,  students,  school  administrators,  school athletic
    26  trainers, coaches, medical and health professionals, the public  schools
    27  athletic  league  (PSAL), the New York state public high school athletic
    28  association (NYSPHSAA), and other athletic associations.
    29    § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 3001-b of the education law, as added by
    30  chapter 498 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
    31    1. On and after the effective date of this section, in addition to any
    32  provision of law or rule or regulation of the department related to  the
    33  requirements  necessary  for  teachers within the public school systems,
    34  whether certified in physical education or not, to coach any extra-class
    35  athletic activity, it shall be required  of  such  teachers,  except  as
    36  provided in subdivision two of this section, to hold a valid certificate
    37  of  completion  of  a  course of study in first aid knowledge and skills
    38  offered by the American National Red Cross and approved by  the  commis-
    39  sioner,  or  to meet equivalent requirements as certified by the commis-
    40  sioner. Any such course of study or equivalent requirements must include
    41  instruction in recognizing signs and  symptoms  of  cardiac  arrest  and
    42  sudden  cardiac  arrest  and the administration of adult cardiopulmonary
    43  resuscitation. Prior to the start of each sports  season,  coaches  must
    44  provide  valid  evidence  to their chief school officer that their first
    45  aid and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation  knowledge  and  skills  are
    46  current  pursuant  to  the  requirements  established  by  the  American
    47  National Red Cross or that they meet equivalent requirements  as  certi-
    48  fied by the commissioner.
    49    § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 3001-c of the education law, as added by
    50  chapter 39 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    51    1.  On  and  after  the  effective  date  of this section, it shall be
    52  required of coaches of high school extra-class athletic activities in  a
    53  nonpublic  school  system, except as provided in subdivision two of this
    54  section, to hold a valid certificate of completion of a course of  study
    55  in  first  aid knowledge and skills offered by the American National Red
    56  Cross and approved by the commissioner, or to meet  equivalent  require-

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     1  ments  as  certified  by  the  commissioner. Any such course of study or
     2  equivalent requirements must include instruction  in  recognizing  signs
     3  and  symptoms of cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac arrest and the admin-
     4  istration  of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Prior to the start of
     5  each sports season, coaches must provide valid evidence to  their  chief
     6  school  officer  that their first aid and adult cardiopulmonary resusci-
     7  tation knowledge and skills are current  pursuant  to  the  requirements
     8  established  by the American National Red Cross or that they meet equiv-
     9  alent requirements as certified by the commissioner.
    10    § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    11  the  date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that, effective
    12  immediately, any  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement  the
    13  provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
    14  to be completed on or before such date.
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