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Jan 08, 2014 | referred to education |
Jan 09, 2013 | referred to education |
senate Bill S846
Sponsored By
Kevin S. Parker
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
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- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Adriano Espaillat
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Andrew J. Lanza
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
S846 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง804-c & 804-d, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S846 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S846 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill requires training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) be given as a part of the high school health curriculum. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: Sets forth the instructions for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction (CPR). Section 2: Sets for the instructions for external defibrillators. Section 3: This act shall take effect immediately. EXISTING LAW: Currently, CPR may be offered as a voluntary addition to the health curriculum. JUSTIFICATION: EMS treats nearly 300,000 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
S846 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 846 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring schools to provide instruction 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. In addition to the requirement that all teachers of health education shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall possess valid certif- ication by an agency offering such certification in the performance 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 PSYCHOMOTOR SKILL 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 herein and shall provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials to support such course of study. S 2. Section 804-d of the education law, as added by chapter 315 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02883-01-3
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