| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to education |
| Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S1026
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2011-S1026 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S1026 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1026
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all
teachers to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma
emergencies
PURPOSE :
This legislation seeks to require the training of all teachers and
other appropriate personnel for the purposes of identifying and
responding to asthma emergencies. The state Education Commissioner,
working in concert with the Health Commissioner, is directed to
establish standards for the training of teachers and other appropriate
personnel in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies in
pupils and other persons.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Adds a new Education Law section 3001-e to require the
Education Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of
Health, to establish standards for the training of teachers and other
appropriate personnel in identifying and responding to asthma
emergencies.
Section 2: States the effective date.
2011-S1026 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1026
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, DIAZ, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, SAMP-
SON, SERRANO, SMITH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
ed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all teachers
to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e
to read as follows:
S 3001-E. ASTHMA EMERGENCIES; TRAINING IN IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSE.
THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL
ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE
PERSONNEL IN IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO ASTHMA EMERGENCIES IN PUPILS
AND OTHER PERSONS. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL SPECIFY MINIMUM LEVELS OF KNOW-
LEDGE AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL PERMIT TRAIN-
ING TO BE GIVEN BY PERSONS OR ORGANIZATIONS DEEMED QUALIFIED TO DO SO BY
THE COMMISSIONER.
S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04367-01-1
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