Bill Text: NY S04524 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-07 - PRINT NUMBER 4524A [S04524 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04524-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4524--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 8, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sens. FUSCHILLO, PARKER, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, DILAN,
         KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LANZA, LARKIN, LATIMER, MARTINS,  MAZIARZ,  MONTGOM-
         ERY,  PERALTA,  SAMPSON  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       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    S  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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  quality  than  [the requirements of the programs adopted by the American
    2  Heart Association or the American Red Cross] ACCEPTED STANDARDS  IN  THE
    3  UNITED STATES.
    4    3. School authorities [that choose to offer such course] shall provide
    5  the  needed  facilities,  time  and  place for the instruction set forth
    6  herein and shall provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials
    7  to support such course of study.
    8    S 2.  Section 804-d of the education law, as added by chapter  315  of
    9  the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   10    S  804-d.  Automated  external defibrillator instruction. Instructions
   11  regarding the correct use of an automated external  defibrillator  shall
   12  be  included  as  a  part  of the health education OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION
   13  curriculum in all senior high schools when cardiopulmonary resuscitation
   14  instruction is being provided as authorized  by  section  eight  hundred
   15  four-c  of this article.  In addition to the requirement that all teach-
   16  ers of health education shall be  certified  to  teach  health,  persons
   17  instructing  pupils in the correct use of automated external defibrilla-
   18  tors shall possess valid certification by a nationally recognized organ-
   19  ization or the state emergency medical services council offering certif-
   20  ication in the operation of an automated external defibrillator [and  in
   21  its instruction].
   22    S  3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2014. Effective immediately,
   23  the commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate  any  rule  or
   24  regulation  necessary  for  the timely implementation of this act on its
   25  effective date.