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Nov 06, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A8232
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SEPULVEDA
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
Margaret Markey
Marcos Crespo
Mickey Kearns
multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Didi Barrett
Barbara Clark
Richard Gottfried
2013-A8232 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A8232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8232 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y November 6, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT, GOTTFRIED, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that gradu- ates of state high schools be trained 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. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS COMPONENT OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION OF ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY CAPABLE OF COMPLETING THE COMPONENT. In addition to the requirement that all teach- ers of health education shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall possess valid certification by an agency offering such certification in the perform- ance 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 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. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to all school years commencing on or after such effective date.
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