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                                   5800
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the  commis-
   sioner  of  education  to establish rules and regulations for a sepsis
   awareness and prevention program for school districts, boards of coop-
   erative educational services and nonpublic schools
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Rory Staunton's law".
   § 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 56 to read as follows:
   56.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE AND REVIEW AS NECESSARY,
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  AN  ONGOING   SEPSIS   AWARENESS,
 PREVENTION  AND  EDUCATION  PROGRAM.  IN DEVELOPING SUCH RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER COMMENTS FROM STAKEHOLDERS  AND
 OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARENTS, TEACHERS,
 STUDENTS,  SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATORS,  MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND
 SEPSIS AWARENESS AND PREVENTION GROUPS. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I)  REQUIRING  A  MODEL  CURRICULUM,  LESSON PLANS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL
 RESOURCES RELATING TO A SEPSIS AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM DESIGNED
 TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION METHODS AGAINST SEPSIS  TO  BE  MADE
 AVAILABLE  AT  NO COST FOR EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUCH MODEL CURRICULUM,
 LESSON PLANS AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
 ED TO GUIDELINES AND METHODS OF  PREVENTION,  INCLUDING  RECOMMENDATIONS
 FOR THE REDUCTION OF EXPOSURE TO SEPSIS AND APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION
 FOR SEPSIS;
   (II)  INSTRUCTIONAL  TOOLS  AND  MATERIALS  FOR  SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
 DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  TO  ENSURE
 SUCH  TOOLS AND MATERIALS INCLUDE UPDATED DATA AND INFORMATION ON SEPSIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 AWARENESS AND PREVENTION, WITH A PERIODIC REVIEW  TO  ENSURE  UP-TO-DATE
 INFORMATION; AND
   (III) PROVIDING THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL POST ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE
 INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  SEPSIS  AWARENESS AND PREVENTION, WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE DEFINITION OF "SEPSIS", RISKS ASSOCI-
 ATED WITH SEPSIS, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SEPSIS, HOW  SEPSIS  MAY  OCCUR,
 AND  THE  METHODS  OF PREVENTION OF SEPSIS. SCHOOLS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION OR REFERENCE HOW  TO  OBTAIN  SUCH  INFORMATION
 FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE ON THE SCHOOL'S INTERNET WEBSITE,
 IF ONE EXISTS.
   B.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A GUIDANCE MEMORANDUM TO EVERY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT TO INFORM THEM OF THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  SEPSIS  AWARENESS  AND
 PREVENTION  MODEL  CURRICULUM,  LESSON  PLANS AND BEST PRACTICE INSTRUC-
 TIONAL MATERIAL AND  ANNUALLY,  IN  SEPTEMBER,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 REMIND  DISTRICTS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SEPSIS AWARENESS AND PREVENTION
 MATERIALS AS A PART OF SEPSIS AWARENESS MONTH.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date is authorized to be made completed on or before such effective
 date.