S5813-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jun 17, 2011: REFERRED TO RULES

S5813-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5813

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to health and welfare services
to all children

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would allow districts to pay health care services at the
rate of the district the student resides in when the majority of
students in a non public school reside outside of the district the
non public school is in.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. provision to provide health services from the district of
student residence in nonpublic schools.

Section 2. Effective Date

JUSTIFICATION:
This will provide relief to schools by providing for the delivery of
healthcare services to nonpublic students who attend a non public
school outside of the school district of residence and are the
majority of attendees at the non public school. The intent of this
bill is to allow school districts to pay for actual healthcare costs
for students who reside in the district as and attend a nonpublic
school outside of the district

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S5813-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5813
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 June 17, 2011
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  health  and  welfare
 services to all children
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 912 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477
 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:

 

S 912. Health and welfare services to all children. The voters  and/or
 trustees  or  board  of  education  of every school district shall, upon
 request of the authorities of a school other than public, provide  resi
 dent  children  who attend such school with any or all of the health and
 welfare services and facilities which are made available by such  voters
 and/or  trustees  or board of education to or for children attending the
 public schools of the district. Such services may include, but  are  not
 limited  to  all services performed by a physician, physician assistant,
 dentist, dental hygienist, registered professional nurse, nurse  practi
 tioner, school psychologist, school social worker or school speech ther
 apist,  and  may  also  include  dental  prophylaxis, vision and hearing
 screening examinations, the taking of medical histories and the adminis
 tration of health screening tests, the maintenance of cumulative  health
 records  and  the  administration  of emergency care programs for ill or
 injured students. Any such services or facilities shall be  so  provided
 notwithstanding  any  provision of any charter or other provision of law
 inconsistent herewith. Where children residing in  one  school  district
 attend  a  school  other than public located in another school district,
 the school authorities of the district of residence shall contract  with
 the  school  authorities  of the district where such nonpublic school is
 located, for the provision of  such  health  and  welfare  services  and
 facilities  to such children by the school district where such nonpublic
 school is located, for a consideration to be  agreed  upon  between  the
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11413-01-1
 
       S. 5813                             2
 school  authorities  of  such  districts, subject to the approval of the
 qualified voters of the district of residence when  required  under  the
 provisions  of this chapter. Every such contract shall be in writing and
 in  the form prescribed by the commissioner, and before such contract is
 executed the same shall be submitted for approval to the  superintendent
 of  schools having jurisdiction over such district of residence and such
 contract shall not become effective until approved by  such  superinten
 dent.   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, IN THE CASE OF A NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL
 IN WHICH A MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS OF SUCH SCHOOL RESIDE  IN  A  SINGLE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE ONE IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED, THEN
 SUCH DISTRICT IN WHICH A MAJORITY OF NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL  STUDENTS  RESIDE
 SHALL  PROVIDE  SERVICES TO ALL NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL
 AS IF THEY ATTEND SCHOOL WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT, AND SHALL  CONTRACT  WITH
 OTHER  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  INCLUDING  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH
 SCHOOL IS LOCATED, AS IF THE STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL WITHIN THE  DISTRICT
 IN WHICH A MAJORITY OF NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS RESIDE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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