Bill Text: NY S07875 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop a bleeding control kit program which requires bleeding control kits to be installed in easily accessible areas of schools and requires training of personnel to use bleeding control kits in the event of an injury to another person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07875 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07875-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7875

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the develop-
          ment of a bleeding control kit program and the installation of  bleed-
          ing control kits in schools

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

     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 61 to read as follows:
     3    61. a. The commissioner shall consult and collaborate with the commis-
     4  sioner of health to establish and develop a bleeding control kit program
     5  within the department that:
     6    (i) ensures that bleeding control kits are stored in easily accessible
     7  areas of the school;
     8    (ii) includes the use of bleeding control kits in the emergency  oper-
     9  ations  plan  or any other security planning measure or protocol adopted
    10  by the school district, board of cooperative educational services, char-
    11  ter school or nonpublic school; and
    12    (iii) requires all district or school personnel who may be  reasonably
    13  expected  to  use  a  bleeding  control kit in the event of an injury to
    14  another person to receive training approved by the department.
    15    b. A bleeding control kit required pursuant to this subdivision  shall
    16  be a first aid response kit that includes at least:
    17    (i) one tourniquet;
    18    (ii) two compressed gauze dressings;
    19    (iii) one trauma dressing;
    20    (iv) nitrile gloves;
    21    (v) scissors; and
    22    (vi)  instructional  documents adopted by the agency detailing methods
    23  to prevent blood loss following a traumatic event.
    24    c. In addition to the items required to  be  included  in  a  bleeding
    25  control  kit  pursuant  to  paragraph  b of this subdivision, a bleeding
    26  control kit may also include any medical material or equipment that:
    27    (i) may be readily stored in a bleeding control kit;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07919-02-4
        S. 7875                             2

     1    (ii) may be used to adequately treat  an  injury  involving  traumatic
     2  blood loss; and
     3    (iii)  is  approved  by  local  law  enforcement  or emergency medical
     4  services personnel.
     5    d. Each school district, board of  cooperative  educational  services,
     6  charter school or nonpublic school shall conduct an annual inspection of
     7  the  medical  material  and  equipment  in each bleeding control kit and
     8  replace any expired material or equipment as necessary.
     9    e. Each school district, board of  cooperative  educational  services,
    10  charter  school  or nonpublic school shall restock each bleeding control
    11  kit as soon as practicable after the use of such kit to ensure that  the
    12  kit contains all required material and equipment.
    13    f.  The  department may approve an online course of instruction by the
    14  American College of Surgeons or a similar organization  to  satisfy  the
    15  training  required pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of this
    16  subdivision.
    17    g. A school district, board of cooperative educational services, char-
    18  ter school or nonpublic school shall be immune from civil liability from
    19  damages or injuries resulting from the good  faith  use  of  a  bleeding
    20  control kit by an employee of such school district, board of cooperative
    21  educational  services, charter school or nonpublic school to control the
    22  bleeding of an injured person provided that the  employee  received  the
    23  training  required pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of this
    24  subdivision and the employee did not act with gross  negligence  in  the
    25  use of the bleeding control kit.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.