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                                    785
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  schools
   safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs h, l and m  of subdivision 2 of  section  2801-a
 of  the  education law, paragraph h as amended by section 1 of part B of
 chapter 54 of the laws of 2016 and paragraphs l  and  m  as  amended  by
 chapter  30  of  the  laws of 2021, are amended and a new paragraph n is
 added to read as follows:
   h. policies and procedures for annual school safety training for staff
 and students; provided that the district must certify to the commission-
 er that all staff  have  undergone  annual  training  on  the  emergency
 response plan, and that the school safety training include components on
 violence prevention [and], mental health AND SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, such
 training  may  be implemented and conducted in conjunction with existing
 professional development and training; provided however that new employ-
 ees hired after the start of the  school  year  shall  receive  training
 within  thirty days of such hire or as part of a district's existing new
 hire training program, whichever is sooner;
   l. the designation of the superintendent, or  superintendent's  desig-
 nee,  as the district chief emergency officer responsible for coordinat-
 ing communication between school staff and  law  enforcement  and  first
 responders, and ensuring staff understanding of the district-level safe-
 ty  plan.  The  chief  emergency  officer  shall also be responsible for
 ensuring the completion and yearly updating of building-level  emergency
 response plans; [and]

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   m.  protocols  for  responding  to a declared state disaster emergency
 involving a communicable disease that are substantially consistent  with
 the provisions of section twenty-seven-c of the labor law[.]; AND
   N.  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  RELATING  TO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. THE
 DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL SAFETY TEAM SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT  A  CARDIAC
 EMERGENCY  RESPONSE PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THE USE OF APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL
 TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  EXPERIENCING  SUDDEN
 CARDIAC  ARREST OR SIMILAR LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY ON ANY SCHOOL SITE
 OWNED OR OPERATED BY A SCHOOL OR AT A LOCATION  OF  A  SCHOOL  SPONSORED
 EVENT,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. EACH SCHOOL
 WITH AN ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT OR ORGANIZED ATHLETIC PROGRAM SHALL  DEVELOP
 AN  ADDITIONAL CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THE APPRO-
 PRIATE USE OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO  RESPOND  TO  INCIDENTS  INVOLVING  AN
 INDIVIDUAL  EXPERIENCING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST OR A SIMILAR LIFE-THREAT-
 ENING EMERGENCY WHILE ATTENDING OR PARTICIPATING IN AN ATHLETIC PRACTICE
 OR EVENT WHILE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS THAT  ARE  VENUE  SPECIFIC.  EACH  PLAN
 SHALL  INTEGRATE  NATIONALLY  RECOGNIZED,  EVIDENCE-BASED CORE ELEMENTS,
 SUCH AS THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
   (I) CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS SHALL  INCLUDE  CPR  TRAINING  OF
 APPROPRIATE  MEMBERS  OF BUILDING-LEVEL RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS; INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL, COACHES, SCHOOL NURSES AND ATHLETIC
 TRAINERS. EACH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR CLEARLY MARKING, MAKING
 ACCESSIBLE AND MAINTAINING THE AUTOMATED  EXTERNAL  DEFIBRILLATOR  (AED)
 CONSISTENT  WITH  GUIDELINES  SET  BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, OR
 OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GUIDELINES FOCUSED ON EMERGENCY CARDIOVASCU-
 LAR CARE AND CURRENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE  PUBLIC  ACCESS  DEFIBRILLATION
 PROVIDER  PURSUANT  TO SECTIONS THREE THOUSAND-A AND THREE THOUSAND-B OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND SECTION NINE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF  THIS  CHAP-
 TER.  SCHOOL  OFFICIALS SHALL WORK DIRECTLY WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICE
 PROVIDERS TO INTEGRATE THE CARDIAC  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  PLAN  INTO  THE
 COMMUNITY'S  EMS RESPONDER PROTOCOLS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC
 EVENTS AND FACILITIES, AN AED SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED AND EASILY  ACCES-
 SIBLE  IN  AN UNLOCKED LOCATION AT EACH SCHOOL ATHLETIC VENUE AND EVENT.
 THE AED SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND  ANY  SCHOOL-SPON-
 SORED ATHLETIC EVENT OR TEAM PRACTICE, IN WHICH PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL ARE
 PARTICIPATING.  AN AED SHOULD BE PLACED ON A VICTIM WITHIN THREE MINUTES
 OF THE ONSET OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.
   (II) DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL SAFETY TEAMS SHALL IMPLEMENT FIRST-AID, CPR,
 AND AED TRAINING FOR MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING-LEVEL  SCHOOL  SAFETY  TEAM
 AND  ANY  OTHER APPROPRIATE SCHOOL STAFF DETERMINED BY THE CARDIAC EMER-
 GENCY RESPONSE PLAN, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  LICENSED  COACHES,
 SCHOOL NURSES, AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS.
   (III) DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL SAFETY TEAMS SHALL CONSIDER, AS PART OF ITS
 REVIEWS  OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT-WIDE SAFETY PLAN, ANNUAL PRACTICE
 DRILLS AND REVIEW OF THE CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
   (IV) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH:
   (A) "CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN" MEANS A  WRITTEN  DOCUMENT  THAT
 ESTABLISHES  THE  SPECIFIC  STEPS TO REDUCE DEATH FROM CARDIAC ARREST IN
 ANY SETTING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A SCHOOL, COMMUNITY  ORGANIZA-
 TION, WORKPLACE, OR SPORTS FACILITY; AND
   (B)  "SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST" OCCURS WHEN A PERSON'S HEART MALFUNCTIONS
 AND STOPS BEATING UNEXPECTEDLY.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 2801-a of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section  1 of part B of chapter 54 of the laws of
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
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   a. policies and procedures for response to emergency situations,  such
 as  those  requiring evacuation, sheltering, [and] lock-down, AND SUDDEN
 CARDIAC ARREST. These policies shall include, at a  minimum,  evacuation
 routes,  shelter  sites,  and  procedures  for addressing medical needs,
 transportation and emergency notification of parents and guardians;
   §  2-a.   Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 2801-a of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 596 of the laws of 2024, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a.  policies  and  procedures  for  response  to  emergency situations
 including extreme heat conditions, such as those  requiring  evacuation,
 sheltering,  [and]  lock-down, AND SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. These policies
 shall include, at a  minimum,  evacuation  routes,  shelter  sites,  and
 procedures  for  addressing  medical needs, transportation and emergency
 notification of parents and guardians;
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to
 paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 2801-a of the education law made
 by section two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 same  manner as chapter 596 of the laws of 2024, takes effect. Effective
 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
 lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
 date.