Bill Text: NY S06402 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06402 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06402-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6402
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 21, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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    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
   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.
   25    3. School authorities [that choose to offer such course] shall provide
   26  the needed facilities, time and place  for  the  instruction  set  forth
   27  herein and shall provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials
   28  to support such course of study.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S  2.   Section 804-d of the education law, as added by chapter 315 of
    2  the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  804-d.  Automated  external defibrillator instruction. Instructions
    4  regarding the correct use of an automated external  defibrillator  shall
    5  be  included  as  a  part  of the health education OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION
    6  curriculum in all senior high schools when cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    7  instruction is being provided as authorized  by  section  eight  hundred
    8  four-c  of this article.  In addition to the requirement that all teach-
    9  ers of health education shall be  certified  to  teach  health,  persons
   10  instructing  pupils in the correct use of automated external defibrilla-
   11  tors shall possess valid certification by a nationally recognized organ-
   12  ization or the state emergency medical services council offering certif-
   13  ication in the operation of an automated external defibrillator [and  in
   14  its instruction].
   15    S  3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2014. Effective immediately,
   16  the commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate  any  rule  or
   17  regulation  necessary  for  the timely implementation of this act on its
   18  effective date.