| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2016 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
| Jun 11, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5915
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
Actions
2015-S5915 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง916, Ed L
2015-S5915 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5915
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
rescue inhalers
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would allow nebulizers to
be made available on school property and at any school function.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1, amends section 916 of the education law to allow schools to
purchase nebulizers.
Section 2, effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Asthma is a lung disease that makes breathing
difficult for millions of Americans, both young and old. Approximately
17 million Americans have asthma, which is a disorder caused by
inflammation in the airways that lead to the lungs. This inflammation
causes airways to tighten and narrow, which blocks air from flowing
freely into the lungs, making it hard to breathe. There is no cure for
asthma, but it can be managed and treated with medication like
inhalers and nebulizers, for more serious forms of asthma.
In 2003, a college football player who only had access to an albuterol
inhaler, died when he suffered an asthma attack on the field. The
2015-S5915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5915
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
June 11, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to rescue inhalers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 916 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 423 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
1. The board of education or trustees of each school district and
board of cooperative educational services shall allow pupils who have
been diagnosed by a physician or other duly authorized health care
provider with an asthmatic condition or another respiratory disease to
carry and use a prescribed inhaler and self-administer inhaled rescue
medications to alleviate respiratory symptoms or to prevent the onset of
exercise induced asthmatic symptoms during the school day on school
property and at any school function as such terms are defined, respec-
tively, by subdivisions one and two of section eleven of this chapter,
with the written permission of a physician or other duly authorized
health care provider, and written parental consent. The written permis-
sion shall include an attestation by the physician or the health care
provider confirming the following: (a) the pupil is diagnosed with asth-
ma or another respiratory disease for which inhaled rescue medications
are prescribed to alleviate respiratory symptoms or to prevent the onset
of exercise induced asthmatic symptoms; and (b) that the pupil has
demonstrated that he or she can self-administer the prescribed inhaled
rescue medication effectively. The written permission shall also
include the name of the prescribed inhaled rescue medication, the dose,
the times when the medication is to be taken, the circumstances which
may warrant the use of the medication and the length of time for which
the inhaler is prescribed. A record of such consent and permission shall
be maintained in the student's cumulative health record. In addition,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11518-02-5
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