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Assembly Bill A11278

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires annual health inspections of schools

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2017-A11278 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §421, Ed L; amd §225, Pub Health L

2017-A11278 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires annual health inspections of schools for health hazards which might impact the health of students, teachers and employees.

2017-A11278 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11278
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 25, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Nolan) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
   to requiring health inspections of schools
 
   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 421 to
 read as follows:
   §  421.  HEALTH INSPECTIONS OF SCHOOLS. 1. IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE
 SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN GENERAL CHARGE OF THE OPERATION OF ANY  PUBLIC  OR
 NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOL  TO  CAUSE  THE  BUILDINGS  OF SUCH SCHOOL CONTAINING
 CLASSROOM, DORMITORY, LABORATORY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, DINING  OR  RECRE-
 ATIONAL FACILITIES FOR STUDENT USE TO BE INSPECTED AT LEAST ANNUALLY FOR
 HEALTH  HAZARDS  WHICH MIGHT IMPACT THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND
 EMPLOYEES THEREIN.
   2. THE ANNUAL HEALTH INSPECTION SHALL BE MADE PRIOR TO THE  FIRST  DAY
 OF  DECEMBER  OF EVERY SCHOOL YEAR AND THE REPORT THEREOF SHALL BE FILED
 BY THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN THE PLACES REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION FIVE  OF
 THIS SECTION NO LATER THAN THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER OF EVERY YEAR.
   3. (A) THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES SHALL CAUSE ANY HEALTH INSPECTION PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THIS SECTION TO BE MADE BY AT LEAST ONE, OR ANY COMBINATION, OF
 THE FOLLOWING METHODS:
   (I) EMPLOYING, EITHER REGULARLY OR  SPECIALLY,  PERSONS  WHO,  IN  THE
 JUDGMENT  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF HEALTH OR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE
 CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY WHERE THE BUILDING IS LOCATED, ARE  QUALI-
 FIED TO MAKE SUCH AN INSPECTION, OR ANY PHASE THEREOF.
   (II)  CONTRACTING  FOR  THE  MAKING  OF SUCH INSPECTIONS, OR ANY PHASE
 THEREOF, BY PERSONS WHO, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OR
 THE CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE  THE  BUILDING
 IS LOCATED, ARE QUALIFIED.
   (III)  REQUESTING  INSPECTION  BY  THE  HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY,
 TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY IN WHICH THE BUILDING IS LOCATED.
   (B) IF ANY SUCH INSPECTION, OR PHASE THEREOF, IS TO BE MADE BY  EITHER
 OF  THE METHODS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF PARAGRAPH (A)
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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