Bill Text: NY S01346 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the department of health to establish criteria for risk factors of drowning by children in various age groups and requires the department to conduct an ongoing public awareness and education program on drowning risks, precautions and life-saving procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01346 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01346-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1346 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a child drowning prevention public awareness and education program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2509 to read as follows: 3 § 2509. Child drowning prevention. 1. The department shall establish 4 criteria for risk factors of drowning by children in various age groups. 5 2. The department shall conduct an ongoing public awareness and educa- 6 tion program on drowning risks, precautions and life-saving procedures, 7 including, but not limited to, listing on its internet website informa- 8 tion that assists members of the public in locating infant and child 9 cardiopulmonary resuscitation classes, as well as information related to 10 drowning prevention. 11 3. The department shall produce and distribute educational materials 12 on drowning risks, precautions and life-saving procedures. Such materi- 13 als shall be made available to child care centers, pediatricians, nurs- 14 ery and elementary schools, and all other persons or organizations 15 deemed by the commissioner to have an interest in drowning prevention 16 materials and their distribution. The materials shall also be used for 17 distribution to persons in parental relation to children, and to hospi- 18 tals, birthing centers and other appropriate health care providers for 19 distribution to maternity patients. In addition, such materials shall be 20 provided to health care professionals engaged in the care and treatment 21 of children for distribution to such children and persons in parental 22 relation. The department shall also provide information on drowning 23 risks, precautions and life-saving procedures on the department's inter- 24 net website. No provision of this subdivision shall be deemed to prohib- 25 it the utilization and distribution of educational materials relating EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07010-01-9S. 1346 2 1 thereto produced by any public, private or governmental entity, in lieu 2 of the department's production of such materials. 3 4. The department shall periodically review available data on drowning 4 incidents in children and update the information on drowning risks, 5 precautionary measures and life-saving procedures provided in its educa- 6 tional materials and on its internet website, as appropriate. 7 5. The department shall report every three years, commencing January 8 first, two thousand twenty-one, to the governor, the temporary president 9 of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the implementation of 10 this section and any recommendations for furthering the purpose of this 11 section. 12 6. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon and shall 13 be conducted within appropriations made therefor. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
