Bill Text: NY A00553 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 553 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the employment of school nurses for the inspection of pupils attending certain public schools; relates to school districts and boards of cooperative educational services.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00553 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00553-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           553
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BENEDETTO, COLTON, COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER, ORTIZ,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
          PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to public school nurse
          staffing determinations in consultation with a nursing association
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.    Subdivision  1  of section 901 of the education law, as
     2  amended by section 57 of part A-1 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  School  health  services,  as  defined  in subdivision two of this
     5  section, shall be provided by each  school  district  for  all  students
     6  attending  the  public schools in this state, [except in the city school
     7  district of the city of New York,] as provided in this  article.  School
     8  health  services shall include the services of a registered professional
     9  nurse[, if one is employed,] and shall also include such services as may
    10  be rendered as provided in this article in examining  students  for  the
    11  existence  of  disease or disability and in testing the eyes and ears of
    12  such students.
    13    § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 902 of the education law,
    14  as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to  read  as
    15  follows:
    16    b.  Any  such board or trustees [may] of each school district or board
    17  of cooperative educational services shall employ  [one  or  more  school
    18  nurses,  who  shall  be registered professional nurses, as well as other
    19  health professionals, as may be  required.]  a  minimum  of  one  school
    20  nurse,  who  shall  be  a  registered professional nurse, in each school
    21  building.  Any such board or trustees of each school district  or  board
    22  of  cooperative  educational  services  may  employ other health profes-
    23  sionals, as may be required. Such  registered  professional  nurses  and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01982-01-9

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     1  other  health  professionals  shall  aid  the  director of school health
     2  services of the district and shall perform such duties, including health
     3  instruction for the benefit of the public schools as may  be  prescribed
     4  by  such board or trustees or board of cooperative educational services,
     5  in compliance with each such health professional's practice act.
     6    § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.