Assembly Bill A979

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that a registered professional nurse be in each school when medically fragile students are in attendance or when students are at major risk of injury

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A979 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S28
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §902, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A466
2013-2014: A1489

2009-A979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a registered nurse be in each school when medically fragile students are in attendance or when students are at major risk of injury.

2009-A979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   979

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, P. RIVERA, BENEDETTO, COLTON, GREENE,
  ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ALFANO,  BARRA,  COOK,  DIAZ,
  ENGLEBRIGHT,  LIFTON,  McDONOUGH,  PEOPLES,  PHEFFER, ROBINSON, TOWNS,
  WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  attendance  of
  certain trained health professionals in public school buildings

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 902 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE TRUSTEE OR BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT OR  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES  SHALL  EMPLOY ONE OR MORE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES TO BE
PRESENT IN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING AT ANY TIME  THAT  A  MEDICALLY  FRAGILE
STUDENT  IS  IN ATTENDANCE OR WHEN STUDENTS ARE AT A MAJOR RISK OF PHYS-
ICAL INJURY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  COMMIS-
SIONER.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00925-01-9

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