Assembly Bill A5591

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires that graduates of state high schools be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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

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2015-A5591 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1859
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §804-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8232, S6410
2017-2018: A3997, S2887

2015-A5591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that graduates of state high schools be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

2015-A5591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  5591

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA,  THIELE,  MARKEY, CRESPO, KEARNS,
  WEPRIN, COOK, RAIA, SALADINO, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
  A.  ARROYO,  BARRETT,  CLARK,  GOTTFRIED,  McDONALD, McDONOUGH, PERRY,
  RIVERA, STECK, TITONE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
  Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that gradu-
  ates of state high schools be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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

  Section 1. Section 804-c of the education law, as added by chapter 269
of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  S  804-c.  Cardiopulmonary  resuscitation instruction. 1. Instructions
regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation  [may]  SHALL  be  offered  [for
voluntary admission] as a part of the health education curriculum in all
senior  high  schools.  SUCCESSFUL  COMPLETION  OF THIS COMPONENT OF THE
HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULUM SHALL BE  REQUIRED  FOR  GRADUATION  OF  ALL
STUDENTS  WHO  ARE  PHYSICALLY,  MENTALLY  AND  EMOTIONALLY  CAPABLE  OF
COMPLETING THE COMPONENT. In addition to the requirement that all teach-
ers of health education shall be  certified  to  teach  health,  persons
instructing  pupils in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall possess valid
certification by an agency offering such certification in  the  perform-
ance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in its instruction.
  2.  The  commissioner [may] SHALL prescribe regulations governing such
health education courses which shall include instruction in cardiopulmo-
nary resuscitation. Such regulations  shall  in  no  event  prescribe  a
course of study in cardiopulmonary resuscitation which sets forth stand-
ards  for  instruction  of a lesser quality than the requirements of the
programs adopted by the American Heart Association or the  American  Red
Cross.
  3. School authorities [that choose to offer such course] shall provide
the  needed  facilities,  time  and  place for the instruction set forth

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06409-01-5

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