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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2022
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Galef) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  creating  a  document
   giving  notice to parents and guardians of school age students who are
   diagnosed with a  life-threatening  medical  condition  or  a  medical
   condition that may cause a disability

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Shepherd
 Patterson law".
   §  2.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 60 to read as follows:
   60. A. BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-FOUR  SCHOOL  YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DIRECT THE BOARD OF EDUCA-
 TION OR TRUSTEES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS  CHAPTER,  OF  EVERY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE, HOWEVER CREATED, AND THE CHANCELLOR OF
 THE  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO CREATE A DOCUMENT
 GIVING NOTICE TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL AGE  STUDENTS  WHO  ARE
 DIAGNOSED  WITH A LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL CONDITION OR A MEDICAL CONDI-
 TION THAT MAY CAUSE A DISABILITY.
   B. SUCH DOCUMENT  SHALL  INCLUDE  A  STATEMENT  IN  SUBSTANTIALLY  THE
 FOLLOWING FORM: "IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE YOUR CHILD IS
 DIAGNOSED  WITH  A  LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS OR A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT
 MAY CAUSE A DISABILITY, YOUR CHILD MAY BE ELIGIBLE  FOR  A  PERSONALIZED
 EDUCATION  PLAN.  WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO OUR SCHOOL NURSE, OUR
 SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER OR YOUR CHILD'S GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. BESIDES COMPIL-
 ING A PLAN, THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS TO SHARING MEDICAL INFORMATION  WITH
 SCHOOL PERSONNEL, AS IT HAS LIFE-SAVING POTENTIAL SHOULD A MEDICAL EMER-
 GENCY OCCUR."
   C.  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE SUCH STATEMENT IN THEIR HAND-
 BOOK, AND EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THIS DOCUMENT  TO  THE
 PARENTS OR GUARDIANS AS FOLLOWS:
   (I)  UPON  THE INITIAL REGISTRATION OF ANY STUDENT WITHIN EVERY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (II) AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR; AND
   (III)  ADDITIONALLY,  AT  THE  TIME A STUDENT HAS BEEN EXCUSED ABSENT,
 TARDY OR EARLY DEPARTURE A COMBINED TOTAL OF TEN TIMES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect  immediately.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.