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Assembly Bill A8424

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides authority for the development and adoption of a policy regarding prohibited performance enhancing substances by students

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2015-A8424 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง305 & 1604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7585
2011-2012: A1563
2013-2014: A5185

2015-A8424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides authority to the commissioner of education and the trustees of a common school district to develop a policy regarding prohibited performance enhancing substances by students.

2015-A8424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8424

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 9, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
  commissioner  of education to develop a list of prohibited performance
  enhancing substances by students and authorizing  the  trustees  of  a
  common school district to develop and adopt a policy regarding prohib-
  ited performance enhancing substances

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

  Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 55 to read as follows:
  55. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A LIST  OF  PROHIBITED  PERFORMANCE
ENHANCING SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF STUDENT ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANABOLIC STEROIDS, STEROID HORMONE PRECUR-
SOR  DIETARY  SUPPLEMENTS AND GROWTH HORMONES. IN DEVELOPING THE LIST OF
SUCH SUBSTANCES, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS  OF
RECOGNIZED  ORGANIZATIONS  IN  THE  ATHLETIC  FIELD,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO: THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND HIGH SCHOOL
INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ANNUALLY
UPDATE THE LIST OF PROHIBITED PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCES AND ANNU-
ALLY DISTRIBUTE SUCH LIST TO ALL SCHOOLS WHICH PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHO-
LASTIC SPORTS.
  S  2.  Section  1604  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 43 to read as follows:
  43. A. TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A POLICY WITHIN THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT  CODE
OF  CONDUCT WITH REGARDS TO THE USE, POSSESSION, SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF
PROHIBITED PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCES AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER. SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE ANY DISCIPLINARY  MEASURES  ASSOCIATED
WITH  THE  USE,  POSSESSION, SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH SUBSTANCES. NO
STUDENT ABLE  TO  DEMONSTRATE  AND  DOCUMENT,  INCLUDING  A  PHYSICIAN'S
PRESCRIPTION,  A  MEDICAL CONDITION REQUIRING THE USE OF SUCH PROHIBITED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04172-02-5

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