Assembly Bill A4708

2021-2022 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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2021-A4708 (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:
2019-2020: A6236
2023-2024: A3967

2021-A4708 (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.

2021-A4708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4708
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. McDONOUGH, MORINELLO, J. RIVERA, SALKA, MIKULIN,
   COOK, DeSTEFANO, REILLY, M. MILLER, DARLING, ASHBY --  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03894-01-1

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