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Assembly Bill A7282

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to instruction regarding organ donation

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2015-A7282 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง804-a, Ed L

2015-A7282 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to instruction regarding organ donation; authorizes the commissioner of education to make materials providing information on organ donation available to all secondary school pupils and to authorize instruction on organ donation to be taught to secondary school pupils.

2015-A7282 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7282

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPINACCI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to instruction  regarding
  organ donation

  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  804-e
to read as follows:
  S  804-E.  INSTRUCTION  RELATED TO ORGAN DONATION. 1. THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL MAKE MATERIALS PROVIDING INFORMATION ON ORGAN  DONATION  AVAILABLE
TO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
  2.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH, SHALL IDENTIFY OR  DEVELOP  MATERIALS  FOR  EDUCATORS  REGARDING
ORGAN DONATION WHICH MAY BE USED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF COOP-
ERATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES, AT THEIR OPTION, TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AS THEY
DEEM  APPROPRIATE.  SUCH  EDUCATION  MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, INFORMATION REGARDING THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF  DONATED  ORGANS
NEEDED  AND/OR  DONATED EVERY YEAR, THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES THAT RESULT
FROM A SHORTAGE OF DONATED ORGANS, INFORMATION REGARDING REASONS  WHY  A
PATIENT  MAY  NEED  AN  ORGAN  DONATION, AND INFORMATION REGARDING HOW A
STUDENT MAY ELECT TO BECOME AN ORGAN  DONOR.  SUCH  MATERIALS  SHALL  BE
AVAILABLE  ON  THE  INTERNET  WEBSITE  OF  THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THE
WEBSITE OF THE OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE A HYPERLINK TO THE INTERNET PAGE  OF
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THAT DISPLAYS SUCH MATERIALS.
  3.  INSTRUCTION REGARDING ORGAN DONATION MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE HEALTH
EDUCATION PROVIDED TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND SHALL BE TAUGHT BY
TEACHERS CERTIFIED IN HEALTH EDUCATION. RELATED COURSES IN THE SECONDARY
SCHOOL CURRICULUM MAY BE TAUGHT IN A MANNER SUPPORTIVE OF HEALTH  EDUCA-
TION REGARDING ORGAN DONATION.
  4. SCHOOL AUTHORITIES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED FACIL-
ITIES, TIME, AND PLACE FOR THE INSTRUCTION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10637-01-5

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