Bill Text: NY S02917 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2917 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02917 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02917-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2917
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- 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  schools  to
          provide instruction 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 804-c of the education law, as added by chapter 269
     2  of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 804-c. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation  instruction.  1.  Instructions
     4  regarding  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  [may]  shall  be [offered for
     5  voluntary admission as] a part  of  the  health  education  or  physical
     6  education  curriculum  in  all  senior  high  schools.    Instruction in
     7  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  may  be  limited  to  psychomotor  skill
     8  instruction and may include the completion of a certified course, howev-
     9  er student certification shall not be mandatory to meet the requirements
    10  of  this  section.  In  addition to the requirement that all teachers of
    11  health education shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing
    12  pupils in cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  shall  possess  valid  certif-
    13  ication  by  an agency offering such certification in the performance of
    14  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  [and  in  its  instruction].    For  the
    15  purposes  of  this  section,  "psychomotor  skill" shall mean the use of
    16  hands only practicing to support cognitive learning.
    17    2. The commissioner [may] shall prescribe regulations  governing  such
    18  health  education  and  physical  education  courses which shall include
    19  instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Such regulations shall  in
    20  no  event  prescribe  a course of study in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    21  which sets forth standards for psychomotor skill instruction of a lesser
    22  quality than [the requirements of the programs adopted by  the  American
    23  Heart  Association  or the American Red Cross] accepted standards in the
    24  United States.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01368-01-7

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     1    3. School authorities [that choose to offer such course] shall provide
     2  the needed facilities, time and place  for  the  instruction  set  forth
     3  herein and shall provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials
     4  to support such course of study.
     5    §  2.   Section 804-d of the education law, as added by chapter 315 of
     6  the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     7    § 804-d. Automated external  defibrillator  instruction.  Instructions
     8  regarding  the  correct use of an automated external defibrillator shall
     9  be included as a part of the  health  education  or  physical  education
    10  curriculum in all senior high schools when cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    11  instruction  is  being  provided  as authorized by section eight hundred
    12  four-c of this article.  In addition to the requirement that all  teach-
    13  ers  of  health  education  shall  be certified to teach health, persons
    14  instructing pupils in the correct use of automated external  defibrilla-
    15  tors shall possess valid certification by a nationally recognized organ-
    16  ization or the state emergency medical services council offering certif-
    17  ication  in the operation of an automated external defibrillator [and in
    18  its instruction].
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2018. Effective  immediately,
    20  the  commissioner  of  education is authorized to promulgate any rule or
    21  regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its
    22  effective date.