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                                  4876--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  AUBRY, D'URSO, HYNDMAN, NIOU, ORTIZ, CAHILL,
   L. ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, BLAKE, SEAWRIGHT,  THIELE,  BARNWELL  --  Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M.  of A. COOK, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee  on  Education  -- reported and referred to the Committee on
   Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways  and  Means  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Dominic Murray sudden cardiac arrest prevention act".
   §  2.  Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 31 to read as follows:
   31. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP INFORMATION THAT IS REVIEWED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION RELATED TO STUDENTS WHO EXHIBIT SIGNS OR SYMP-
 TOMS OF PENDING OR INCREASED RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. SUCH  INFOR-
 MATION  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE DEFINITION OF SUDDEN
 CARDIAC ARREST, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, AND  GUIDE-
 LINES  FOR  A STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS AFTER
 EXHIBITING SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF PENDING  OR  INCREASED  RISK  OF  SUDDEN
 CARDIAC  ARREST.  SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 923 to  read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   §  923.  SUDDEN  CARDIAC  ARREST. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVIEW THE
 INFORMATION DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH REQUIRED BY SUBDIVI-
 SION THIRTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW  TO
 ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PEND-
 ING  OR  INCREASED RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL
 BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. IN ADDITION, EACH SCHOOL SHALL BE
 REQUIRED TO INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION  REVIEWED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  AND
 DEVELOPED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN ANY PERMISSION FORM OR PARENT
 OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION CONSENT FORM OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT THAT MAY
 BE REQUIRED FOR A STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN  INTERSCHOLASTIC  ATHLETICS
 AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION, OR REFERENCE HOW TO OBTAIN SUCH
 INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S WEBSITES,
 ON THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE, IF ONE EXISTS.
   B.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS THAT
 AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO ESTABLISH  A  SUDDEN
 CARDIAC  ARREST  MANAGEMENT TEAM. SUCH MANAGEMENT TEAM SHALL BE COMPOSED
 OF AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, A SCHOOL NURSE, A SCHOOL PHYSICIAN, A COACH  OF
 THE  INTERSCHOLASTIC  TEAM,  AN  ATHLETIC  TRAINER  OR OTHER APPROPRIATE
 PERSONNEL AS DESIGNATED BY  THE  SCHOOL  OR  SCHOOL  DISTRICT.  PROVIDED
 FURTHER,  EVERY  SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST MANAGEMENT TEAM MAY ESTABLISH AND
 IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM THAT ANNUALLY PROVIDES INFORMATION ON SUDDEN CARDIAC
 ARREST TO PARENTS OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION.   IN DEVELOPING  SUCH
 RULES AND REGULATIONS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER INPUT FROM STAKE-
 HOLDERS  AND  OTHER  INTERESTED  PARTIES  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 PARENTS, TEACHERS,  STUDENTS,  SCHOOL  ADMINISTRATORS,  SCHOOL  ATHLETIC
 TRAINERS,  COACHES, MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 ATHLETIC LEAGUE (PSAL), THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HIGH  SCHOOL  ATHLETIC
 ASSOCIATION (NYSPHSAA), AND OTHER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 3001-b of the education law, as added by
 chapter 498 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   1. On and after the effective date of this section, in addition to any
 provision  of law or rule or regulation of the department related to the
 requirements necessary for teachers within the  public  school  systems,
 whether certified in physical education or not, to coach any extra-class
 athletic  activity,  it  shall  be  required of such teachers, except as
 provided in subdivision two of this section, to hold a valid certificate
 of completion of a course of study in first  aid  knowledge  and  skills
 offered  by  [the  American  National Red Cross] A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
 ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION
 THREE  THOUSAND-B  OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW and approved by the commis-
 sioner, or to meet equivalent requirements as certified by  the  commis-
 sioner. Any such course of study or equivalent requirements must include
 instruction  in  RECOGNIZING  SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PENDING OR INCREASED
 RISK OF CARDIAC ARREST AND SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST AND the  administration
 of  adult  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation.  Prior  to  the start of each
 sports season, coaches must provide valid evidence to their chief school
 officer that their first aid  and  adult  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation
 knowledge  and  skills  are  current pursuant to the requirements estab-
 lished by [the American National  Red  Cross]  A  NATIONALLY  RECOGNIZED
 ORGANIZATION,  AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW or that they  meet  equivalent
 requirements as certified by the commissioner.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 3001-c of the education law, as added by
 chapter 39 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  On  and  after  the  effective  date  of this section, it shall be
 required of coaches of high school extra-class athletic activities in  a

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 nonpublic  school  system, except as provided in subdivision two of this
 section, to hold a valid certificate of completion of a course of  study
 in  first aid knowledge and skills offered by [the American National Red
 Cross] A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D)
 OF  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
 and approved by the commissioner, or to meet equivalent requirements  as
 certified  by  the  commissioner. Any such course of study or equivalent
 requirements must include instruction in RECOGNIZING SIGNS AND  SYMPTOMS
 OF PENDING OR INCREASED RISK OF CARDIAC ARREST AND SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST
 AND  the administration of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Prior to
 the start of each sports season, coaches must provide valid evidence  to
 their  chief  school officer that their first aid and adult cardiopulmo-
 nary resuscitation knowledge and skills  are  current  pursuant  to  the
 requirements   established  by  [the  American  National  Red  Cross]  A
 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (D)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW or
 that they meet equivalent requirements as certified by the commissioner.
   § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.