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Senate Bill S2955

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires senior citizens centers in certain cities to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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2011-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §214, Eld L; amd §370, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S823

2011-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires senior citizens centers or community centers that provide services to elderly persons, in cities with a population of one million or more, to provide a person that is certified in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to cover areas within such centers.

2011-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2955

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the elder law and the social services law,  in  relation
  to  provision  of services at community centers for senior citizens in
  cities of one million or more persons

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

  Section  1.  Section  214  of the elder law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. WHENEVER COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE FURNISHED  TO  ELDERLY  PERSONS  IN
COMMUNITY  SETTINGS  IN  CITIES  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PERSONS, SUCH AS
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTERS, OR COMMUNITY CENTERS SUCH CENTERS SHALL PROVIDE
A PERSON OR PERSONS CERTIFIED IN ADULT CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION  IN
SUCH  NUMBERS  AS  SHALL  BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR AS SUFFICIENT TO
COVER THE AREA WITHIN THE SENIOR CENTER AND THOSE SENIORS  PARTICIPATING
IN  SAID  AREA. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A PERSON IS CERTI-
FIED IN ADULT CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IF HE OR SHE HAS SUCCESSFUL-
LY COMPLETED SUCH COURSE CONDUCTED BY THE  AMERICAN  RED  CROSS  OR  THE
AMERICAN  HEART ASSOCIATION AND OTHERWISE MEETS SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS MAY
BE ESTABLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR, WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED
TO,  CONTINUING EDUCATION OR TRAINING TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION IN ADULT
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
  S 2. Section 370 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. COMMUNITY CENTERS FURNISHING SERVICES  FOR  SENIOR  CITIZENS  UNDER
THIS  TITLE  IN  CITIES  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PERSONS, SHALL PROVIDE A
PERSON OR PERSONS CERTIFIED IN ADULT  CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUSCITATION  IN
SUCH NUMBERS AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
CHILDREN  AND FAMILY SERVICES AS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE AREA WITHIN THE
SENIOR CENTER AND THOSE SENIORS PARTICIPATING  IN  SAID  AREA.  FOR  THE
PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A PERSON IS CERTIFIED IN ADULT CARDIOPUL-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07121-01-1

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