Bill Text: NY S02996 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes the "Dominic Murray sudden cardiac arrest prevention act"; directs the commissioners of education and health to establish rules and regulations for the treatment and monitoring of students of school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and nonpublic schools who exhibit signs or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S02996 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02996-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         2996--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  GAUGHRAN, RAMOS, JACKSON, KENNEDY, THOMAS -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on  Health  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Health in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
          to directing the commissioners of education and  health  to  establish
          rules  and regulations for the treatment and monitoring of students of
          school districts,  boards  of  cooperative  educational  services  and
          nonpublic  schools  who  exhibit  signs  or  symptoms  of  pending  or
          increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "Dominic Murray sudden cardiac arrest prevention act".
     3    § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
     4  subdivision 31 to read as follows:
     5    31. The commissioner shall develop information that is reviewed by the
     6  commissioner of education related to students who exhibit signs or symp-
     7  toms  of pending or increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Such infor-
     8  mation shall include, but not be limited to, the  definition  of  sudden
     9  cardiac  arrest, signs and symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest, and guide-
    10  lines for a student's participation in interscholastic  athletics  after
    11  exhibiting  signs  or  symptoms  of  pending or increased risk of sudden
    12  cardiac arrest. Such information shall be  posted  on  the  department's
    13  website.
    14    §  3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 923 to read
    15  as follows:
    16    § 923. Sudden cardiac arrest. a. The  commissioner  shall  review  the
    17  information developed by the commissioner of health required by subdivi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00016-02-0

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     1  sion  thirty-one  of section two hundred six of the public health law to
     2  assist in the education and awareness of the signs and symptoms of pend-
     3  ing or increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Such  information  shall
     4  be posted on the department's website. In addition, each school shall be
     5  required  to  include  such  information  reviewed by the department and
     6  developed by the department of health in any permission form  or  parent
     7  or person in parental relation consent form or similar document that may
     8  be  required  for a student's participation in interscholastic athletics
     9  and shall also include such information, or reference how to obtain such
    10  information from the department and the department of health's websites,
    11  on the school's website, if one exists.
    12    b. The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  that
    13  authorize  school  districts, in their discretion, to establish a sudden
    14  cardiac arrest management team. Such management team shall  be  composed
    15  of  an athletic director, a school nurse, a school physician, a coach of
    16  the interscholastic team,  an  athletic  trainer  or  other  appropriate
    17  personnel  as  designated  by  the  school  or school district. Provided
    18  further, every sudden cardiac arrest management team may  establish  and
    19  implement a program that annually provides information on sudden cardiac
    20  arrest  to  parents or persons in parental relation.  In developing such
    21  rules and regulations, the commissioner shall consider input from stake-
    22  holders and other interested parties  including,  but  not  limited  to,
    23  parents,  teachers,  students,  school  administrators,  school athletic
    24  trainers, coaches, medical and health professionals, the public  schools
    25  athletic  league  (PSAL), the New York state public high school athletic
    26  association (NYSPHSAA), and other athletic associations.
    27    § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 3001-b of the education law, as added by
    28  chapter 498 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
    29    1. On and after the effective date of this section, in addition to any
    30  provision of law or rule or regulation of the department related to  the
    31  requirements  necessary  for  teachers within the public school systems,
    32  whether certified in physical education or not, to coach any extra-class
    33  athletic activity, it shall be required  of  such  teachers,  except  as
    34  provided in subdivision two of this section, to hold a valid certificate
    35  of  completion  of  a  course of study in first aid knowledge and skills
    36  offered by [the American National Red  Cross]  a  nationally  recognized
    37  organization,  as defined in paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section
    38  three thousand-b of the public health law and approved  by  the  commis-
    39  sioner,  or  to meet equivalent requirements as certified by the commis-
    40  sioner. Any such course of study or equivalent requirements must include
    41  instruction in recognizing signs and symptoms of  pending  or  increased
    42  risk  of cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac arrest and the administration
    43  of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  Prior  to  the  start  of  each
    44  sports season, coaches must provide valid evidence to their chief school
    45  officer  that  their  first  aid and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    46  knowledge and skills are current pursuant  to  the  requirements  estab-
    47  lished  by  [the  American  National  Red Cross] a nationally recognized
    48  organization, as defined in paragraph (d) of subdivision one of  section
    49  three  thousand-b  of the public health law or that they meet equivalent
    50  requirements as certified by the commissioner.
    51    § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 3001-c of the education law, as added by
    52  chapter 39 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    53    1. On and after the effective  date  of  this  section,  it  shall  be
    54  required  of coaches of high school extra-class athletic activities in a
    55  nonpublic school system, except as provided in subdivision two  of  this
    56  section,  to hold a valid certificate of completion of a course of study

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     1  in first aid knowledge and skills offered by [the American National  Red
     2  Cross] a nationally recognized organization, as defined in paragraph (d)
     3  of  subdivision one of section three thousand-b of the public health law
     4  and  approved by the commissioner, or to meet equivalent requirements as
     5  certified by the commissioner. Any such course of  study  or  equivalent
     6  requirements  must include instruction in recognizing signs and symptoms
     7  of pending or increased risk of cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac arrest
     8  and the administration of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Prior  to
     9  the  start of each sports season, coaches must provide valid evidence to
    10  their chief school officer that their first aid and  adult  cardiopulmo-
    11  nary  resuscitation  knowledge  and  skills  are current pursuant to the
    12  requirements  established  by  [the  American  National  Red  Cross]   a
    13  nationally  recognized  organization,  as  defined  in  paragraph (d) of
    14  subdivision one of section three thousand-b of the public health law  or
    15  that they meet equivalent requirements as certified by the commissioner.
    16    §  6.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    17  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    18  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
    19  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
    20  to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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