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Feb 27, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A5591
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SEPULVEDA
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
Margaret Markey
Marcos Crespo
Mickey Kearns
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Didi Barrett
Richard Gottfried
John T. McDonald III
2015-A5591 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A5591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5591 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, THIELE, MARKEY, CRESPO, KEARNS, WEPRIN, COOK, RAIA, SALADINO, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BARRETT, CLARK, GOTTFRIED, McDONALD, McDONOUGH, PERRY, RIVERA, STECK, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that gradu- ates of state high schools be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 804-c of the education law, as added by chapter 269 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: S 804-c. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction. 1. Instructions regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation [may] SHALL be offered [for voluntary admission] as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior high schools. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS COMPONENT OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION OF ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY CAPABLE OF COMPLETING THE COMPONENT. In addition to the requirement that all teach- ers of health education shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall possess valid certification by an agency offering such certification in the perform- ance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in its instruction. 2. The commissioner [may] SHALL prescribe regulations governing such health education courses which shall include instruction in cardiopulmo- nary resuscitation. Such regulations shall in no event prescribe a course of study in cardiopulmonary resuscitation which sets forth stand- ards for instruction of a lesser quality than the requirements of the programs adopted by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross. 3. School authorities [that choose to offer such course] shall provide the needed facilities, time and place for the instruction set forth EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06409-01-5
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