Assembly Bill A509B

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    509
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, R. CARROLL -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to authorizing camp operators and employees to administer  medications
   and treatment to children under certain circumstances

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  EACH  CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT,  SUMMER DAY, OR TRAVELING SUMMER DAY
 CAMP, MAY AUTHORIZE THE OPERATOR OR EMPLOYEES OF SUCH CAMP TO ADMINISTER
 OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS OR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FOR THE  TREAT-
 MENT OF EMERGENCY CONDITIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT LIMITED TO ASTHMA, ANAPHYLAXIS, AND SEIZURE MEDICATION PURSUANT
 TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND IN  ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  2.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 6908 of the education
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI) THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS OR TREATMENT  BY  OPERATORS  OR
 EMPLOYEES  OF  CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT CAMP, SUMMER DAY CAMP AND TRAVELING
 SUMMER DAY CAMP WHERE SUCH OPERATORS OR EMPLOYEES ARE ACTING  UNDER  THE
 DIRECTION  AND  AUTHORITY  OF A PARENT OF A CHILD, LEGAL GUARDIAN, LEGAL
 CUSTODIAN, OR AN ADULT IN WHOSE CARE A CHILD HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED AND  WHO
 HAS  BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE PARENT TO CONSENT TO ANY HEALTH CARE FOR THE
 CHILD AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF HEALTH PERTAINING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENT;
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00934-01-5

              

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  509--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, R. CARROLL, HEVESI, STECK, McDONALD, KAY,
   WIEDER, YEGER, EICHENSTEIN, BERGER, LEVENBERG, OTIS, ROZIC, ROSENTHAL,
   LAVINE, LUNSFORD, STERN, JENSEN, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee  on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to authorizing camp employees to administer medications and  treatment
   to children under certain circumstances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  EACH  CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT,  SUMMER DAY, OR TRAVELING SUMMER DAY
 CAMP, MAY PERMIT EMPLOYEES OF SUCH CAMP  TO  ADMINISTER,  WITH  SPECIFIC
 AUTHORIZATION  AND  CONSENT FROM A CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN, OVER-THE-
 COUNTER MEDICATIONS PURSUANT TO A PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORDER ISSUED  BY  THE
 CAMP  HEALTH  DIRECTOR  OR A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN
 ASSISTANT EMPLOYED  OR  CONTRACTED  WITH  THE  CAMP  TO  PROVIDE  HEALTH
 SERVICES  OR  THE  CHILD'S  HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, WITHIN THEIR LAWFUL
 SCOPE OF PRACTICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAIN
 RELIEF  OR  THE  TREATMENT  OF  ANAPHYLAXIS  AND  MOTION   SICKNESS   OR
 PRESCRIPTION  MEDICATIONS  FOR  THE  TREATMENT  OF  EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ASTHMA,  ANAPHYLAXIS,  AND  ORAL  OR  NASAL
 SPRAY  SEIZURE  MEDICATIONS.   SUCH MEDICATIONS SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER AND ADMINISTERED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE  HUNDRED
 EIGHT  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00934-06-6
 A. 509--A                           2
 
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 6908 of the education law
 is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI)  THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS OR TREATMENT BY EMPLOYEES OF A
 CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT CAMP, SUMMER DAY CAMP AND TRAVELING SUMMER DAY CAMP
 WHERE SUCH EMPLOYEES HAVE  BEEN  GIVEN  SPECIFIC  AUTHORIZATION  BY  THE
 CAMP'S  HEALTH DIRECTOR, INCLUDING VIA AUDIO OR VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, TO
 ADMINISTER SUCH MEDICATIONS OR  TREATMENTS  TO  A  SPECIFIC  CHILD,  ARE
 ACTING  UNDER  THE DIRECTION AND AUTHORITY OF A PARENT OF A CHILD, LEGAL
 GUARDIAN, LEGAL CUSTODIAN, OR AN ADULT IN WHOSE CARE A  CHILD  HAS  BEEN
 ENTRUSTED  AND  WHO  HAVE  BEEN  AUTHORIZED BY THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO
 CONSENT TO HEALTH CARE FOR THE CHILD AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH  REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PERTAINING TO THE ADMINISTRATION
 OF MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENT;
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.