Assembly Bill A2697A

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2697--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DURSO, McDONOUGH, ANGELINO, E. BROWN, CHANG,
   TAPIA, KAY, McDONALD,  MAHER,  NOVAKHOV,  DeSTEFANO,  TAGUE,  MIKULIN,
   O'PHARROW,   CUNNINGHAM,   BENDETT,   JENSEN,   GANDOLFO,   MANKTELOW,
   BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PALMESANO -- read  once
   and  referred  to  the Committee on Education -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring cardiac
   fitness certificates including an electrocardiogram or  echocardiogram
   for interscholastic athletes in all public schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  903-a
 to read as follows:
   § 903-A. CARDIAC  FITNESS  CERTIFICATE.  A CARDIAC FITNESS CERTIFICATE
 SHALL BE FURNISHED BY EACH STUDENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS  PRIOR  TO  PARTIC-
 IPATING IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS IF SUCH STUDENT IS IN SEVENTH GRADE
 OR  HAS TURNED OR WILL TURN THIRTEEN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE
 STUDENT IS PARTICIPATING IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS,  WHICHEVER  COMES
 SOONER.  EACH SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL BE SIGNED BY A DULY LICENSED PHYSI-
 CIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, OR NURSE PRACTITIONER, WHO IS  AUTHORIZED  BY
 LAW  TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE, AND CONSISTENT WITH SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OR BY  A  DULY  LICENSED
 PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, OR NURSE PRACTITIONER, WHO IS AUTHORIZED
 TO  PRACTICE  IN  THE  JURISDICTION  IN WHICH THE EXAMINATION WAS GIVEN,
 PROVIDED THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS DETERMINED THAT SUCH JURISDICTION HAS
 STANDARDS OF LICENSURE AND PRACTICE COMPARABLE TO  THOSE  OF  NEW  YORK.
 EACH  SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL DESCRIBE THE CARDIAC FITNESS OF THE STUDENT
 WHEN THE EXAMINATION WAS MADE, AND SHALL STATE WHETHER SUCH STUDENT  HAS
 ANY HEART CONDITIONS AND IF SUCH HEART CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN SEVERE
 ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES DURING ATHLETIC ACTIVITY. SUCH PHYSICIAN, PHYSI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03255-02-5
              

 A. 2697--A                          2
 
 CIAN  ASSISTANT OR NURSE PRACTITIONER SHALL CONDUCT AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
 OR AN ECHOCARDIOGRAM AND THE CERTIFICATE SHALL STATE THE RESULTS.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.