Bill Text: NY S04150 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Enacts the "Shepherd Patterson law"; requires a physician who treats a minor patient with a medical condition that may cause a disability to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians indicating such minor is entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred seventy-three; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-24 - referred to health [S04150 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04150-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4150--D
            Cal. No. 889

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 2, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. REICHLIN-MELNICK, MAYER, BIAGGI, BRISPORT, JACKSON,
          PALUMBO, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
          to  be  committed  to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Health  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 commit-
          tee, 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, in relation to  creating  a  document
          giving  notice to parents and guardians of school age students who are
          diagnosed with a  life-threatening  medical  condition  or  a  medical
          condition that may cause a disability

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Shepherd
     2  Patterson law".
     3    §  2.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 60 to read as follows:
     5    60. a. Beginning in the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand  twen-
     6  ty-four  school  year, the commissioner shall direct the board of educa-
     7  tion or trustees, as defined in section two of this  chapter,  of  every
     8  school district within the state, however created, and the chancellor of
     9  the  city  school  district of the city of New York to create a document
    10  giving notice to parents and guardians of school age  students  who  are
    11  diagnosed  with a life-threatening medical condition or a medical condi-
    12  tion that may cause a disability.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03447-10-2
        S. 4150--D                          2

     1    b. Such document  shall  include  a  statement  in  substantially  the
     2  following form: "If you find yourself in a situation where your child is
     3  diagnosed  with  a  life-threatening illness or a medical condition that
     4  may cause a disability, your child may be eligible  for  a  personalized
     5  education  plan.  We encourage you to reach out to our school nurse, our
     6  school social worker or your child's guidance counselor. Besides compil-
     7  ing a plan, there are many benefits to sharing medical information  with
     8  school personnel, as it has life-saving potential should a medical emer-
     9  gency occur."
    10    c.  Each  school  district shall include such statement in their hand-
    11  book, and each school district shall also provide this document  to  the
    12  parents or guardians as follows:
    13    (i)  upon  the initial registration of any student within every school
    14  district;
    15    (ii) at the beginning of each school year; and
    16    (iii) additionally, at the time a student  has  been  excused  absent,
    17  tardy or early departure a combined total of ten times.
    18    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
    19  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    20  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    21  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.