Senate Bill S2917

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires schools to provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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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

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
              

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