Senate Bill S7653

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to instruction regarding illegal opiate and opioid drug use

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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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2013-S7653 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §804, Ed L

2013-S7653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to instruction regarding illegal opiate and opioid drug use.

2013-S7653 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7653

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 23, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MARTINS,  BALL, BONACIC, BOYLE, CARLUCCI, FELDER,
  GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HANNON, LANZA, LARKIN,  LITTLE,  MARCELLINO,
  MARCHIONE,  MAZIARZ,  NOZZOLIO,  O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, ROBACH,
  SAVINO, SEWARD, VALESKY, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed,  and
  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug
  Abuse

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  health  education
  regarding  alcohol,  drugs,  tobacco  abuse  and  the  prevention  and
  detection of certain cancers

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  804 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 674 of the laws  of  2004,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  Instruction  regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, in addi-
tion to continued health guidance in the junior high school  grades  and
the  senior high schools, shall be an integral part of a required health
education course at each  of  these  levels  in  the  secondary  schools
curriculum.    SUCH  INSTRUCTION  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT BE LIMITED TO
AGE-APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION ON THE DANGERS OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE  AND  THE
ADDICTIVE  AND  DESTRUCTIVE  BEHAVIOR  ASSOCIATED WITH OPIATE AND OPIOID
DRUG USE. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COLLABORATION WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
HEALTH,   SHALL  DEVELOP  GUIDANCE  FOR  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  AND  PROVIDE
RESOURCES  AND  MATERIALS  TO  ASSIST  IN  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  A  DRUG
PREVENTION PROGRAM AS PART OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SECOND-
ARY  SCHOOLS. Students shall be required to demonstrate knowledge in the
subject area through the use of a test, graded project or report, or any
other means prescribed by  the  school  authorities  regarding  alcohol,
drugs,  and tobacco. Any such course shall be taught by teachers holding
a certificate to teach health. Related courses in the  secondary  school
curriculum  shall  be  taught in a manner supportive of health education
regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.  In  addition,  instruction
regarding the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol or
drugs shall be an integral part of a required health education course in

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

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