Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 15, 2014 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to education |
Apr 29, 2013 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A6998
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GABRYSZAK
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
2013-A6998 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง901 & 905, Ed L
2013-A6998 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6998 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 29, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that scoliosis screenings be performed by a chiropractor for students in the third, sixth and ninth grades THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 901 of the education law, as added by chapter 477 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 2. School health services for the purposes of this article shall mean the several procedures, including, but not limited to, medical examina- tions, dental inspection and/or screening, scoliosis screening, vision screening and audiometer tests, designed to determine the health status of the child; to inform parents or other persons in parental relation to the child, pupils and teachers of the individual child's health condi- tion subject to federal and state confidentiality laws; to guide parents, children and teachers in procedures for preventing and correct- ing defects and diseases; to instruct the school personnel in procedures to take in case of accident or illness; to survey and make necessary recommendations concerning the health and safety aspects of school facilities and the provision of health information. SCOLIOSIS SCREENING SHALL BE PERFORMED BY A CHIROPRACTOR DURING A CHILD'S THIRD, SIXTH AND NINTH YEAR OF SCHOOL. S 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 905 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows: 1. The director of school health services of each school district in this state that is required to provide school health services, or the health department or agency otherwise responsible to provide such services, shall conduct screening examinations of vision[,] AND hear- ing[, and scoliosis] of all students at such times and as defined in the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10311-01-3
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