Bill Text: NY A00877 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 877 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires newly certified teachers to be trained in the use of an epinephrine auto-injector; requires such teachers to be certified within 3 months of date of hire.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A00877 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00877-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          877
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  PAULIN, GOLDFEDER, BROOK-KRASNY,
         ENGLEBRIGHT,  McDONALD,  BENEDETTO,  MAGNARELLI,  WEPRIN,  CYMBROWITZ,
         ABINANTI, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BUCHWALD,
         CLARK,  GARBARINO,  McDONOUGH, PERRY, THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring newly certi-
         fied teachers to receive instruction in  the  use  of  an  epinephrine
         auto-injector
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 3001-E. EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR  INSTRUCTION.    1.  (A)  TEACHERS
    4  SHALL  COMPLETE  A  COURSE  OR  TRAINING  IN  THE  USE OF AN EPINEPHRINE
    5  AUTO-INJECTOR WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE DAY SUCH PERSON WAS HIRED BY  A
    6  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR  SCHOOLS DESIGNATED UNDER ARTICLE FIFTY-SIX OF THIS
    7  CHAPTER IN THE STATE.
    8    (B) DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE EPINEPHRINE
    9  AUTO-INJECTOR INSTRUCTION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
   10  KEPT IN SUCH TEACHER'S PERSONNEL FILE.
   11    2.  THE TRAINING REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY BE PERFORMED BY
   12  THE REGISTERED NURSE AT THE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE TEACHER IS HIRED TO WORK
   13  OR BY A RECOGNIZED FOOD ALLERGY AND ANAPHYLAXIS TRAINING PROGRAM THROUGH
   14  ANY METHOD AVAILABLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COURSES ONLINE OR  IN
   15  PERSON.
   16    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to class-
   17  room teachers that have been certified after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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