Assembly Bill A6236

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that all chaperones or volunteers of school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out of the country be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical emergencies

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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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2019-A6236 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L; amd §206, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4708
2023-2024: A3967

2019-A6236 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to establish standards, rules or regulations requiring that all chaperones or volunteers of school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out of the country be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical emergencies.

2019-A6236 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6236
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  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 the commissioner of  education  to  establish  standards,
   rules  or  regulations  requiring that all chaperones or volunteers of
   school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out  of
   the  country  be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical
   emergencies
 
   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 60 to read as follows:
   60.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  COLLABORATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH, SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH STANDARDS, RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE
 NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE ON AN OUT OF THE STATE OR  OUT
 OF  THE  COUNTRY SCHOOL SANCTIONED ACTIVITY OR TRIP SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED
 BY AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS TRAINED IN FIRST AID AND TO RECOGNIZE  AND
 RESPOND  TO  CERTAIN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AT ALL TIMES WHILE THE STUDENTS
 ARE OUT OF THE STATE OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY. SUCH  STANDARDS,  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  SHALL  PROVIDE THAT CHAPERONES AND VOLUNTEERS OF ANY SCHOOL
 SANCTIONED ACTIVITY OR TRIP WHICH CONVEYS STUDENTS OUT OF THE  STATE  OR
 OUT  OF  THE  COUNTRY SHALL BE TRAINED IN FIRST AID AND TO RECOGNIZE AND
 RESPOND TO CERTAIN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.    THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH
 SHALL  ASSIST  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN DETERMINING THE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
 CHAPERONES AND VOLUNTEERS SHALL BE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND  TO.
 FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERMS "CHAPERONE" AND "VOLUN-
 TEER" SHALL MEAN ANY ADULT WHO ACCOMPANIES STUDENTS ON AN EXCURSION  OUT
 OF  THE STATE OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH ADULT IS
 EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 31 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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