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NY S08849
Bill
Status
6/4/2024
Primary Sponsor
Jamaal Bailey
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AI Summary
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Youth league coaches must complete CPR and AED training approved by the commissioner, including instruction on recognizing cardiac arrest and administering adult and child CPR and using automated external defibrillators.
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Coaches must provide valid evidence of current CPR and AED knowledge and skills prior to the start of each sports season.
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Existing coaches on the effective date have up to twelve months to complete the required training, with the commissioner authorized to establish additional compliance timelines by regulation.
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Coaches unable to complete training due to physical disability may coach if another trained coach who has completed the CPR and AED training is present at all times during practices, scrimmages, and competitions.
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The law takes effect ninety days after becoming law, with rules and regulations for implementation authorized to be completed by that effective date.
Legislative Description
Relates to requiring CPR and AED training by youth league coaches; requires youth league coaches to be trained in adult and child CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator; provides current coaches have one year from the effective date of the law to receive such training; provides that a person who is unable to complete a training due to a physical disability may coach as long as a person who has completed a training is present at all times.
Last Action
referred to health
6/4/2024