Bill Text: NY S06933 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish an educational program and screening standards to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-09 - referred to health [S06933 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06933-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6933 IN SENATE March 8, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing an educational program and screening standards for preventing sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2508 to read as follows: 3 § 2508. Sudden cardiac arrest prevention and education. The commis- 4 sioner, in consultation with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the 5 American Heart Association and the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Associ- 6 ation, shall, on or before August first, two thousand seventeen, estab- 7 lish: 8 1. A public education and outreach campaign for students, parents and 9 guardians and school officials to promote sudden cardiac arrest 10 prevention, detection and education which shall include, but not be 11 limited to, the dissemination of pamphlets and other materials contain- 12 ing: 13 (a) an explanation of sudden cardiac arrest and its causes, 14 (b) its incidence among student athletes, 15 (c) a description of early warning signs, 16 (d) an overview of the options that are available to screen for cardi- 17 ac conditions that may lead to sudden cardiac arrest including a state- 18 ment about the limitations of these options, and 19 (e) any other information deemed relevant to the screening and 20 prevention of sudden cardiac arrest, and management options for the 21 conditions that cause it; 22 2. A cardiac screening professional development protocol to increase 23 the assessment skills of health care practitioners who perform annual 24 physical examinations of children nineteen years of age or younger, 25 which shall include, but not be limited to: 26 (a) completing and reviewing a detailed medical history with an empha- 27 sis on cardiovascular family history and personal reports of symptoms, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13554-02-6