Senate Bill S4100

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires automated external defibrillator equipment to be immediately available at school-sponsored events

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4100 - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §917, Ed L

2023-S4100 - Summary

Requires automated external defibrillator equipment to be immediately available at school-sponsored events; requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and charter schools to develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan.

2023-S4100 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4100 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4100
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  automated
   external  defibrillator  equipment  to  be  immediately  available  at
   school-sponsored competitive athletic events

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 917 of the education law,
 as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 2002, are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, coun-
 ty  vocational  education and extension boards and charter schools shall
 provide and maintain on-site in each instructional school facility auto-
 mated external defibrillator (AED) equipment, as  defined  in  paragraph
 (a)  of subdivision one of section three thousand-b of the public health
 law, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner in  consultation
 with  the  commissioner  of  health  to  be adequate to ensure ready and
 appropriate access for use during  emergencies,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  AND
 SUCH  AED  SHALL  BE  IMMEDIATELY  AVAILABLE TO ATHLETIC COACHING AND/OR
 TRAINING STAFF  AT ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED ATHLETIC EVENT.
   2. Whenever public school facilities pursuant to  subdivision  one  of
 this section are used for school sponsored or school approved curricular
 or  extracurricular events or activities and whenever a school-sponsored
 athletic contest is held at any location, the  public  school  officials
 and  administrators  responsible  for  such  school facility or athletic
 contest shall ensure the presence of at least one staff  person  who  is
 trained, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section three
 thousand-b of the public health law, in the operation and use of an AED.
 Where  a  school-sponsored  competitive athletic event is held at a site
 other than a public school facility, the public school  officials  shall
 assure  that  automated  external  defibrillator  equipment  is provided
 on-site AT THE ATHLETIC EVENT  AND  IMMEDIATELY  AVAILABLE  TO  ATHLETIC
 COACHING AND/OR TRAINING STAFF.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
              

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2023-S4100A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §917, Ed L

2023-S4100A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires automated external defibrillator equipment to be immediately available at school-sponsored events; requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and charter schools to develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan.

2023-S4100A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4100A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4100--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  automated
   external  defibrillator  equipment  to  be  immediately  available  at
   school-sponsored events
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 917 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 2002, are amended  to  read
 as follows:
   1. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, coun-
 ty  vocational  education and extension boards and charter schools shall
 provide and maintain on-site in each instructional school facility auto-
 mated external defibrillator (AED) equipment, as  defined  in  paragraph
 (a)  of subdivision one of section three thousand-b of the public health
 law, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner in  consultation
 with  the  commissioner  of  health  to  be adequate to ensure ready and
 appropriate access for use during  emergencies,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  AND
 SUCH  AED  SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE IN AND AT ALL SCHOOL SPONSORED
 EVENTS INCLUDING TO ATHLETIC  COACHING  AND/OR  TRAINING  STAFF  AT  THE
 LOCATION OF  ANY SCHOOL-SPONSORED PRACTICE OR ATHLETIC EVENT.
   2. SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, COUN-
 TY  VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARDS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL
 DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN  THAT  ADDRESSES
 THE  APPROPRIATE  USE OF PERSONNEL TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING ANY
 INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST OR A SIMILAR  LIFE-THREAT-
 ENING EMERGENCY ON ANY SCHOOL SITE OWNED OR OPERATED BY A SCHOOL OR AT A
 LOCATION  OF  ANY  PRACTICE  OR ATHLETIC EVENT.   SUCH CARDIAC EMERGENCY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08466-03-4
              

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