Senate Bill S4678

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in any school having an enrollment of 100 pupils or more

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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-S4678 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2139
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §902, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1526
2011-2012: A1527
2013-2014: S5514, A1354
2015-2016: S2618, A4661
2017-2018: S2362, A3855
2019-2020: S3744, A4926
2021-2022: S3162, A4079

2023-S4678 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in any school having an enrollment of 100 pupils or more.

2023-S4678 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4678
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  nurses  in
   public schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 902 of  the  educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
 read as follows:
   b. Any such board or trustees may employ one or  more  school  nurses,
 who  shall  be  registered  professional nurses, as well as other health
 professionals, as may be required. Such registered  professional  nurses
 and  other  health professionals shall aid the director of school health
 services of the district and shall perform such duties, including health
 instruction for the benefit of the public schools as may  be  prescribed
 by  such  board or trustees, in compliance with each such health profes-
 sional's practice act.   SUCH REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL  NURSE  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED TO BE ON THE PREMISES DURING SCHOOL HOURS IN ANY SCHOOL WITH AN
 ENROLLMENT OF ONE HUNDRED OR MORE PUPILS.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04145-01-3

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