Bill Text: NY A05887 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5887 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to requiring nonpublic schools to follow the same rules and regulations as public schools regarding a pupil who suffers a concussion, regarding training to recognize the symptoms of a concussion, information to be provided to the parent or guardian of such pupil and the amount of time such pupil shall wait before resuming an athletic activity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A05887 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05887-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5887
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 20, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to requiring nonpublic
          schools to follow the same rules and  regulations  as  public  schools
          regarding a pupil who suffers a concussion
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 42 of section 305 of the  educa-
     2  tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 496 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    b. The rules and regulations established pursuant to this  subdivision
     5  shall  be  deemed to be the minimum standards that must be complied with
     6  by every public school and nonpublic school relating to  mild  traumatic
     7  brain  injuries.  [Such rules and regulations may also be implemented by
     8  nonpublic schools if they so authorize.]  Nothing  in  this  subdivision
     9  shall  prohibit  any public school or nonpublic school from adopting and
    10  implementing more stringent standards.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    12  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    13  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    14  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    15  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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