NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2917

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to education
Jan 18, 2017	referred to education

2017-S2917 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§804-c & 804-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S2330

2017-S2917 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

2017-S2917 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2917

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation

 PURPOSE :

This bill requires training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  (CPR)
be given as a part of the high school health curriculum.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Sets forth the instructions for Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation instruction (CPR).

Section 2: Sets for the instructions for external defibrillators.

Section 3: This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

Currently, CPR may be offered as a voluntary addition to the health
curriculum.

 JUSTIFICATION :

EMS treats nearly 300,000 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
each suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive to make it
home from the hospital. Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately
after sudden cardiac arrest, can double or triple a victim's chance of
survival.

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time. About 5,920
children 19 years old and under suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
each year from all causes - including trauma, cardiovascular causes
and sudden infant death syndrome.

The American Heart Association recommends that hands-on CPR training
be a requirement for graduation. Several studies have demonstrated
that trainees, including school children, can achieve acceptable
levels of skills proficiency in adult CPR in 30 minutes or less. This
legislation does not require all students to become certified in CPR.
The American Heart Association's 2010 revised CPR guidelines make it
even easier for more people to perform CPR. A greater emphasis is now
placed on the simplest step - chest compressions. And hands-only CPR
is easier for a bystander to perform and survival rates are similar to
that of conventional CPR (with both compressions and breaths).

This legislation does not require all students to become certified in
CPR just to learn the basic skills - thereby making learning CPR easy
and affordable.

Due to the increased percentages of people diagnosed with heart
disease each year, learning CPR can provide students with the
knowledge necessary to save lives. This bill will ensure that all
lessons meet the established standards of professional organizations
such as the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross.
Adding CPR training as part of a student's health curriculum, will
increase awareness of important life saving techniques and could
ultimately save lives.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016 S.2330A/No Same as: Referred to education
2013-2014 S.4524A/S.6240A: Referred to education
 FISCAL IMPLICATION :

None to the state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect June 30, 2018. Effective immediately, the
commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate any rule or
regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its
effective date.

2017-S2917 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2917
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  schools  to
   provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 804-c of the education law, as added by chapter 269
 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   § 804-c. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation  instruction.  1.  Instructions
 regarding  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  [may]  SHALL  be [offered for
 voluntary admission as] a part  of  the  health  education  OR  PHYSICAL
 EDUCATION  curriculum  in  all  senior  high  schools.    INSTRUCTION IN
 CARDIOPULMONARY  RESUSCITATION  MAY  BE  LIMITED  TO  PSYCHOMOTOR  SKILL
 INSTRUCTION AND MAY INCLUDE THE COMPLETION OF A CERTIFIED COURSE, HOWEV-
 ER STUDENT CERTIFICATION SHALL NOT BE MANDATORY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF  THIS  SECTION.  In  addition to the requirement that all teachers of
 health education shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing
 pupils in cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  shall  possess  valid  certif-
 ication  by  an agency offering such certification in the performance of
 cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  [and  in  its  instruction].    FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "PSYCHOMOTOR  SKILL" SHALL MEAN THE USE OF
 HANDS ONLY PRACTICING TO SUPPORT COGNITIVE LEARNING.
   2. The commissioner [may] SHALL prescribe regulations  governing  such
 health  education  AND  PHYSICAL  EDUCATION  courses which shall include
 instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Such regulations shall  in
 no  event  prescribe  a course of study in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
 which sets forth standards for PSYCHOMOTOR SKILL instruction of a lesser
 quality than [the requirements of the programs adopted by  the  American
 Heart  Association  or the American Red Cross] ACCEPTED STANDARDS IN THE
 UNITED STATES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01368-01-7

 S. 2917                             2
 
   3. School authorities [that choose to offer such course] shall provide
 the needed facilities, time and place  for  the  instruction  set  forth
 herein and shall provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials
 to support such course of study.
   §  2.   Section 804-d of the education law, as added by chapter 315 of
 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 804-d. Automated external  defibrillator  instruction.  Instructions
 regarding  the  correct use of an automated external defibrillator shall
 be included as a part of the  health  education  OR  PHYSICAL  EDUCATION
 curriculum in all senior high schools when cardiopulmonary resuscitation
 instruction  is  being  provided  as authorized by section eight hundred
 four-c of this article.  In addition to the requirement that all  teach-
 ers  of  health  education  shall  be certified to teach health, persons
 instructing pupils in the correct use of automated external  defibrilla-
 tors shall possess valid certification by a nationally recognized organ-
 ization or the state emergency medical services council offering certif-
 ication  in the operation of an automated external defibrillator [and in
 its instruction].
   § 3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2018. Effective  immediately,
 the  commissioner  of  education is authorized to promulgate any rule or
 regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its
 effective date.

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