Bill Text: NY S07910 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to updating instruction on drugs in health education courses.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 22-7)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-23 - SIGNED CHAP.39 [S07910 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07910-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 7910                                                 A. 10163
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 17, 2014
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- (at request of the Governor)
         -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
         the Committee on Rules
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M.  of
         A.  Cymbrowitz)  --  (at  request  of  the  Governor) -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to alcohol,  tobacco  and
         drug abuse education
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 804 of  the  educa-
    2  tion  law,  as amended by chapter 181 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    a. The commissioner may prescribe in regulations such health education
    5  courses which include instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco, and  other
    6  drugs  as  the  commissioner  may  deem  necessary and desirable for the
    7  welfare of pupils and the community. The contents may be varied to  meet
    8  the  needs of particular school districts, or portions thereof, and need
    9  not be uniform throughout the  state,  provided,  however,  that  school
   10  districts  shall  utilize  either  the  curriculum  for health education
   11  instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco and other drugs prescribed by the
   12  commissioner or a course approved by the commissioner in accordance with
   13  criteria established by the commissioner. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED
   14  TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO  THE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS  BEGINNING  DECEMBER
   15  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER RELATING
   16  TO THE MODERNIZATION OF SUCH INSTRUCTION REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
   17  SION ONE OF THIS SECTION, TO INCLUDE THE MOST UP TO DATE AGE APPROPRIATE
   18  INFORMATION AVAILABLE REGARDING THE MISUSE AND ABUSE OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO
   19  AND  OTHER DRUGS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HEROIN AND OPIOIDS.  SUCH
   20  INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, INFORMATION  REGARDING
   21  DRUGS  AND  OTHER  SUBSTANCES  THAT ARE MORE PREVALENT AMONG SCHOOL AGED
   22  YOUTH. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL  BE  THE  RESULT  OF  A  COLLABORATION
   23  BETWEEN  THE  DEPARTMENT,  THE  OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD12110-01-4
       S. 7910                             2                           A. 10163
    1  SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IF THE BOARD  OF  REGENTS  ADOPTS
    2  SUCH  CURRICULUM,  THE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT SHALL TAKE EFFECT NO LATER
    3  THAN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AFTER SUCH CURRICULUM HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
    4    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that effective
    5  immediately, all rules and regulations necessary for the  implementation
    6  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date may be promulgated prior to such
    7  effective date.