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NY S01297

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2017

Primary Sponsor

Carl Marcellino

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Directs the commissioner of health to develop information on sudden cardiac arrest signs, symptoms, and guidelines for student participation in athletics after experiencing symptoms, to be posted on the department's website.

  • Requires schools to include sudden cardiac arrest information in permission forms and consent documents for student participation in interscholastic athletics and on school websites.

  • Authorizes school districts to establish sudden cardiac arrest management teams composed of athletic directors, nurses, physicians, coaches, trainers, and other personnel to provide annual information to parents.

  • Mandates that coaches of high school athletic activities in public and nonpublic schools hold valid certificates in CPR-AED skills and instruction on recognizing signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac arrest.

  • Takes effect July 1 following enactment, with regulations authorized to be completed immediately upon passage.

Legislative Description

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.

Last Action

COMMITTED TO RULES

6/20/2018

Committee Referrals

Rules6/20/2018
Education1/3/2018
Rules6/21/2017
Education1/9/2017

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