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Assembly Bill A11141

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to rules and regulations concerning removal of ticks from pupils

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2017-A11141 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8534
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1297
2021-2022: S2826

2017-A11141 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs promulgation of rules and regulations concerning removal of ticks from pupils and notification to parents.

2017-A11141 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11141
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pellegrino)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to rules and  regulations
   concerning removal of ticks from pupils
 
   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 59 to read as follows:
   59. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,
 SHALL  PROMULGATE  AND REVIEW AS NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED
 TO PUPILS WHO HAVE A TICK REMOVED FROM THEM WHILE RECEIVING  INSTRUCTION
 OR  ENGAGING  IN  ANY  SCHOOL  SPONSORED OR RELATED ACTIVITY. SUCH REGU-
 LATIONS SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) TICK REMOVAL GUIDELINES  FOR  SCHOOL  NURSES,  SCHOOL  PHYSICIANS,
 TEACHERS  OR  EMPLOYEES  OF  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   (B) PROCEDURES FOR WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN  AFTER
 A  TICK  HAS  BEEN    REMOVED  FROM  A PUPIL. WRITTEN NOTIFICATION SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE INCLUSION OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
 DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH  ABOUT  THE    SPREAD  OF  LYME
 DISEASE AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LYME OR TICK-BORNE
 DISEASES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW AND WHEN TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT
 IF NEEDED.
   (C)  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
 AND PARENTS TO BE  PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITES OF THE  DEPARTMENT  AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT MUST BE  COMPLIED  WITH
 BY EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL RELATING TO THE REMOVAL  OF TICKS ON PUPILS. SUCH
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  MAY ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED BY NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS IF
 THEY SO AUTHORIZE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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