Add Art 27-BB SS2725 - 2727, Art 13-I SS1399-xx & 1399-yy, Art 24-F SS2499-b - 2499-d & S1399-o-1, amd SS2111
& 2599-b, Pub Health L; add SS3001-e, 1527-a, 916 & 921, Ed L; add S235-h, RP L; amd S33-0303, En Con L; add
S143, Pub Bldg L
Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases; requires teachers in public and non-public school systems to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies in accordance with standards to be prescribed by the commissioner of education in consultation with the commissioner of health; provides for a program of asthma disease management and control within the department of health; program shall provide various services to health care providers, patients, and others; authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants; provides for a study of asthma incidence and prevalence; provides for an annual report on the program; establishes an advisory panel; requires health care providers to provide pregnant women with information on in-utero exposure to tobacco smoke; requires residential leases to include information on the smoking restrictions for the leased premises and in common ares; prohibits idling of motor vehicle engines upon school grounds; authorizes school boards to allow certain students to use inhalers or nebulizers; requires the school that authorizes the use of an inhaler to prepare an emergency action plan for the student; ensures safety of all students who suffer from respiratory illnesses in New York; requires reporting of cases of asthma; provides for the curtailing of the use of chemicals which may trigger asthma episodes; provides for the use of the least toxic pesticides which effectively eradicate the targeted organism; includes certain respiratory diseases within the disease management demonstration program; provides for the reduction of emphysema, chronic bronchitis and other chronic respiratory diseases in children; relates to smoking restrictions in certain outdoor areas.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5863
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 22, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, CARLUCCI, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
asthma prevention and education program (Part A); to amend the public
health law, in relation to in-utero exposure to tobacco smoke
prevention (Part B); to amend the public health law, in relation to
reporting on the incidence of asthma (Part C); to amend the public
health law, in relation to including certain respiratory diseases
within disease management demonstration programs (Part D); to amend
the public health law, in relation to the reduction of emphysema,
chronic bronchitis and other chronic respiratory diseases in children
(Part E); to amend the public health law, in relation to smoking
restrictions in certain outdoor areas (Part F); to amend the education
law, in relation to requiring all teachers to be trained in identify-
ing and responding to asthma emergencies (Part G); to amend the real
property law, in relation to residential rental property smoking poli-
cies (Part H); to amend the education law, in relation to requiring
school districts and private elementary and secondary schools to
establish and implement rules prohibiting the engine of any motor
vehicle to remain idling while parked or standing on school grounds
(Part I); to amend the education law, in relation to the use of inhal-
ers and nebulizers (Part J); to amend the environmental conservation
law, in relation to pesticide alternatives used at schools and day
care centers (Part K); and to amend the public buildings law, in
relation to curtailing the use of cleaning materials that induce or
trigger asthma episodes (Part L)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act enacts into law major components of legislation
2 which combat the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases such
3 as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Each component is wholly contained
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13258-03-1
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1 within a Part identified as Parts A through L. The effective date for
2 each particular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the
3 last section of such Part. Any provision in any section contained within
4 a Part, including the effective date of the Part, which makes a refer-
5 ence to a section "of this act", when used in connection with that
6 particular component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corre-
7 sponding section of the Part in which it is found. Section four of this
8 act sets forth the general effective date of this act.
9 § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that
10 asthma is a chronic, potentially life-threatening, respiratory illness
11 that affects over a million New Yorkers, including thousands of children
12 and adolescents. Asthma is the leading cause of school absences attri-
13 buted to chronic conditions. Asthma is also directly linked to large and
14 growing inpatient bills for medicaid and other health care payers.
15 Therefore, the legislature finds that establishing a comprehensive
16 statewide asthma prevention management and control program which coordi-
17 nates the efforts of individuals, families, health care providers,
18 schools and community-based organizations is in the public interest and
19 would benefit the people of the state of New York.
20 PART A
21 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
22 27-BB to read as follows:
23 ARTICLE 27-BB
24 ASTHMA DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
25 Section 2725. Asthma disease management and control program.
26 2726. Study of asthma incidence and prevalence.
27 2727. Annual report.
28 § 2725. Asthma disease management and control program. 1. There is
29 hereby created within the department the asthma disease management and
30 control program (hereinafter referred to in this article as the
31 "program"). The purpose of the program is to promote asthma disease
32 management and education and outreach about asthma to people who suffer
33 from asthma and their families, health care providers, and the general
34 public.
35 2. Services to be provided by the program may include:
36 (a) asthma disease management and case management for patients and
37 their families;
38 (b) asthma outreach and screening;
39 (c) the promotion of awareness of the causes of asthma;
40 (d) education on prevention strategies;
41 (e) education on proper disease management practices; and
42 (f) education on available treatment modalities.
43 3. The commissioner shall make grants within the amounts appropriated
44 therefor to local health agencies, health care providers, schools,
45 school based health centers and community-based organizations, and other
46 organizations with demonstrated interest and expertise in serving
47 persons with asthma to provide the services set out in this section.
48 Grant recipients shall be government entities or not-for-profit organ-
49 izations.
50 The commissioner may coordinate grants under this subdivision with the
51 availability of grants from other sources. The commissioner may also
52 accept or seek grants from other sources to enhance the amounts appro-
53 priated to the program.
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1 § 2726. Study of asthma incidence and prevalence. 1. The department
2 shall study the incidence and prevalence of asthma in the state's popu-
3 lation and current disease management practices. Such study shall
4 utilize information obtained pursuant to article twenty-four-F of this
5 chapter, and include:
6 (a) the cause and nature of the disease;
7 (b) behavioral and environmental triggers;
8 (c) an assessment of the need for patient-centered case management to
9 meet specific physical and environmental needs of patients;
10 (d) outcome evaluations, including, but not limited to, patient
11 perceptions of improvement, signs and symptoms of asthma, pulmonary
12 function, history of asthma exacerbations, pharmacotherapy, assessment
13 of hospital emergency room visits for asthma, and patient-provider
14 communication; and
15 (e) an assessment of the ability of providers, including non-profes-
16 sionals and health care professionals such as physicians, nurses, phar-
17 macists and respiratory therapists, to systemically instruct and develop
18 asthma management plans for patients and frequently review with patients
19 and their families how to manage and control their asthma.
20 2. The department shall gather data for monitoring the occurrence,
21 frequency, incidence, cause, effect and severity of asthma.
22 (a) The department may require the following to report data under this
23 subdivision:
24 i. the statewide planning and research cooperative system (SPARCS);
25 ii. health maintenance organizations licensed pursuant to article
26 forty-three of the insurance law or certified pursuant to this chapter
27 or an independent practice association certified or recognized pursuant
28 to this chapter;
29 iii. other insurers;
30 iv. the Medicaid (title XIX of the federal social security act)
31 program;
32 v. health facilities;
33 vi. health care practitioners;
34 vii. patients: self reporting;
35 viii. the department of environmental conservation; and
36 ix. any other source the commissioner deems appropriate.
37 (b) The department shall compile and analyze data gathered under para-
38 graph (a) of this subdivision and article twenty-four-F of this chapter,
39 and correlate it with data as to places of employment, areas of resi-
40 dence, schools attended, ages of those afflicted, environmental factors
41 including proximity to source of pollution and such other data as the
42 department deems appropriate.
43 (c) The department shall maintain and compile reported data in a
44 manner suitable for research purposes and shall collect and make such
45 data available to persons in the manner set forth in subdivision three
46 of this section.
47 3. Any data collected or reported shall not contain the name of any
48 patient, his or her social security number, or any other information
49 which would permit a patient to be identified. The department shall
50 develop a unique, confidential identifier to be used in the collection
51 of patient information as required by this section.
52 § 2727. Annual report. Commencing on the first of January next
53 succeeding the effective date of this section and annually thereafter,
54 the commissioner shall submit a report regarding the status and accom-
55 plishments of the program and provide recommendations to the governor,
56 the temporary president and the minority leader of the senate, and the
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1 speaker and the minority leader of the assembly. Such report may be
2 submitted in conjunction with the report required by article twenty-
3 four-F of this chapter.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
5 it shall have become law. Effective immediately the commissioner of
6 health is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and
7 take any other measures necessary to implement the provisions of this
8 act on its effective date.
9 PART B
10 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
11 13-I to read as follows:
12 ARTICLE 13-I
13 IN-UTERO EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE PREVENTION
14 Section 1399-xx. In-utero exposure prevention.
15 1399-yy. Programs.
16 § 1399-xx. In-utero exposure prevention. 1. Every healthcare provider,
17 healthcare insurer and pregnancy program shall distribute information on
18 the adverse effects of smoking during pregnancy for both firsthand and
19 secondhand smoke. Such adverse effects to the infant include lower birth
20 rates, higher incidence of asthma and obesity, and cognitive and devel-
21 opmental damage.
22 2. Every healthcare provider shall monitor expectant mothers' smoking
23 statuses and offer continuous tailored discussion of quitting smoking
24 with expectant mothers during their prenatal care.
25 § 1399-yy. Programs. The following programs shall be added to existing
26 tobacco control programs for pregnant women or to other pregnancy
27 related programs:
28 1. Carbon monoxide monitoring;
29 2. Depression, social support and domestic violence screening and
30 referrals;
31 3. Referrals for smoking cessation for household members;
32 4. Ongoing support by counseling and educational materials; and
33 5. Financial incentives such as shipping voucher or diaper coupons for
34 quitting for more than four weeks.
35 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
36 it shall have become a law. Provided, that effective immediately the
37 commissioner of health is authorized and directed to promulgate any and
38 all rules and regulations, and take any other measures necessary to
39 implement the provisions of this act on its effective date.
40 PART C
41 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
42 24-F to read as follows:
43 ARTICLE 24-F
44 ASTHMA REPORTING
45 Section 2499-b. Asthma; duty to report.
46 2499-c. Reporting.
47 2499-d. Asthma; reports confidential.
48 § 2499-b. Asthma; duty to report. 1. Every physician and other health
49 care provider shall give notice to the department within thirty days of
50 every incident of an asthma attack coming under his or her care, except
51 as otherwise provided.
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1 2. The person in charge of every asthma reporting facility shall give
2 notice to the department within thirty days of every incident of an
3 asthma attack coming under the care of such facility.
4 3. The department shall establish regulations designating which
5 specific information shall be reported to the department pursuant to
6 this section.
7 4. A physician or health care provider or asthma reporting facility
8 which violates any provision of this section shall be subject to a civil
9 penalty pursuant to section twelve of this chapter.
10 5. The notices required by this section shall be upon forms supplied
11 by the commissioner and shall contain such information as shall be
12 required by the commissioner.
13 6. For the purposes of this section, an "asthma reporting facility"
14 means a hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter,
15 clinic, any organization certified pursuant to article forty-four of
16 this chapter, or other similar public or private institution.
17 § 2499-c. Reporting. 1. The commissioner shall submit biennial reports
18 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
19 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader
20 of the assembly. The reports shall include an evaluation of the asthma
21 registry as it relates to timeliness, quality and completeness; an eval-
22 uation of the utility of the registry for scientific research; an evalu-
23 ation of the access, timeliness and quality of reporting information to
24 researchers and other similar individuals; an evaluation of the regis-
25 try's data elements, including treatment, severity of disease, occupa-
26 tion, age and residence; an evaluation of the feasibility and utility of
27 inclusion of occupational history and residence history; and an evalu-
28 ation of integrating the registry with other databases maintained by
29 state agencies and departments, including the statewide planning and
30 research cooperative system.
31 2. The commissioner shall submit an annual report to the governor, the
32 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the
33 minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly.
34 Such report shall include an evaluation of whether the registry is
35 achieving asthma incidence registry goals established by a nationally
36 recognized asthma registry organization, including numerical goals
37 concerning timeliness, quality, and completeness.
38 § 2499-d. Asthma; reports confidential. The reports of asthma attacks
39 made pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not be divulged or
40 made public by any person so as to disclose the identity of any person
41 to whom they relate, except in so far as may be authorized in the sani-
42 tary code.
43 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
44 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
45 health is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and
46 take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective
47 date on or before such date.
48 PART D
49 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 2111 of the public health
50 law, as added by section 21 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2004,
51 are amended to read as follows:
52 2. The department shall establish the criteria by which individuals
53 will be identified as eligible for enrollment in the demonstration
54 programs. Persons eligible for enrollment in the disease management
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1 demonstration program shall be limited to individuals who: receive
2 medical assistance pursuant to title eleven of article five of the
3 social services law and may be eligible for benefits pursuant to title
4 18 of the social security act (Medicare); are not enrolled in a Medicaid
5 managed care plan, including individuals who are not required or not
6 eligible to participate in Medicaid managed care programs pursuant to
7 section three hundred sixty-four-j of the social services law; are diag-
8 nosed with chronic health problems as may be specified by the entity
9 undertaking the demonstration program, including, but not limited to one
10 or more of the following: congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive
11 pulmonary disease, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, other respir-
12 atory diseases, diabetes or other chronic health conditions as may be
13 specified by the department; or have experienced or are likely to expe-
14 rience one or more hospitalizations or are otherwise expected to incur
15 excessive costs and high utilization of health care services.
16 4. The demonstration program shall offer evidence-based services and
17 interventions designed to ensure that the enrollees receive high quali-
18 ty, preventative and cost-effective care, aimed at reducing the necessi-
19 ty for hospitalization or emergency room care or at reducing lengths of
20 stay when hospitalization is necessary. The demonstration program may
21 include screening of eligible enrollees, developing an individualized
22 care management plan for each enrollee and implementing that plan.
23 Disease management demonstration programs that utilize information tech-
24 nology systems that allow for continuous application of evidence-based
25 guidelines to medical assistance claims data and other available data to
26 identify specific instances in which clinical interventions are justi-
27 fied and communicate indicated interventions to physicians, health care
28 providers and/or patients, and monitor physician and health care provid-
29 er response to such interventions, shall have the enrollees, or groups
30 of enrollees, approved by the department for participation. The services
31 provided by the demonstration program as part of the care management
32 plan may include, but are not limited to, case management, social work,
33 individualized health counselors, multi-behavioral goals plans, claims
34 data management, health and self-care education, drug therapy management
35 and oversight, personal emergency response systems and other monitoring
36 technologies, systematic chronic health conditions identified for moni-
37 toring, telehealth services and similar services designed to improve the
38 quality and cost-effectiveness of health care services.
39 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
40 PART E
41 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2599-b of the public health law,
42 as amended by section 88 of part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, is
43 amended to read as follows:
44 1. The program shall be designed to prevent and reduce the incidence
45 and prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents, especially among
46 populations with high rates of obesity and obesity-related health
47 complications including, but not limited to, diabetes, heart disease,
48 cancer, osteoarthritis, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, other
49 chronic respiratory diseases and other conditions. The program shall use
50 recommendations and goals of the United States departments of agricul-
51 ture and health and human services, the surgeon general and centers for
52 disease control in developing and implementing guidelines for nutrition
53 education and physical activity projects as part of obesity prevention
54 efforts. The content and implementation of the program shall stress the
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1 benefits of choosing a balanced, healthful diet from the many options
2 available to consumers, without specifically targeting the elimination
3 of any particular food group, food product or food-related industry.
4 § 2. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 2 of section 2599-b of the
5 public health law, as amended by section 88 of part B of chapter 58 of
6 the laws of 2005, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read
7 as follows:
8 (f) developing training programs for medical and other health profes-
9 sionals to teach practical skills in nutrition and exercise education to
10 children and their parents and caregivers; [and]
11 (g) developing screening programs in coordination with health care
12 providers and institutions including but not limited to day care centers
13 and schools for overweight and obesity for children aged two through
14 eighteen years, using body mass index (BMI) appropriate for age and
15 gender, and notification, in a manner protecting the confidentiality of
16 such children and their families, of parents of BMI status, and explana-
17 tion of the consequences of such status, including recommended actions
18 parents may need to take and information about resources and referrals
19 available to families to enhance nutrition and physical activity to
20 reduce and prevent obesity[.]; and
21 (h) coordinating with the education department, office of temporary
22 and disability assistance, office of children and family services and
23 other federal, state and local agencies to incorporate strategies to
24 curtail the incidence of asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and other
25 chronic respiratory diseases to enable adults and children to safely
26 increase physical activity to help curb the incidence of obesity.
27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
28 PART F
29 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature recognizes that expo-
30 sure to second-hand smoke is known to cause cancer, pneumonia, asthma,
31 bronchitis and heart disease in humans, and to trigger asthma attacks.
32 The legislature finds that prohibiting smoking within a presumptively
33 reasonable minimum distance of fifteen feet from entrances and exits
34 that serve enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited is consistent with
35 such prohibition. This legislation will apply to any individual occupy-
36 ing such area with the purpose of smoking, but provides exceptions for
37 individuals passing through such area. Therefore, the legislature finds
38 that smoking in such area shall be prohibited and owners and other indi-
39 viduals in control of such area are recommended to post signs indicating
40 no smoking areas and providing for fines for violations.
41 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1399-o-1
42 to read as follows:
43 § 1399-o-1. Smoking restrictions; certain outdoor areas. 1. Smoking
44 is prohibited within a presumptively reasonable minimum distance of
45 fifteen feet from entrances or exits of public buildings or private
46 buildings that contain state or municipal offices or educational facili-
47 ties for elementary or secondary school students. Such distance shall
48 become a designated no smoking zone.
49 2. Local health departments are authorized to adopt regulations as are
50 required to implement this section. Any penalty assessed and recovered
51 in an action brought under this section shall be paid to and used by the
52 municipality bringing the action.
53 3. This section shall not apply to individuals walking through the
54 designated no smoking zone of such area for the purpose of getting to
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1 another destination, but shall only apply to individuals occupying the
2 designated no smoking zone for the purpose of smoking.
3 4. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty
4 of a violation, and is subject to a fine of thirty-five dollars.
5 5. The commissioner may recommend designs for signs which may be used
6 by the owners, operators, managers, employers or other persons, at their
7 option, who control areas where smoking is prohibited pursuant to
8 section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-o of this article. Such signs shall
9 include the warning that "smoking in this area is punishable by law and
10 all violators shall be subject to a fine of thirty-five dollars."
11 6. Nothing contained in this section is intended to regulate smoking
12 in a private residence or in the general public outdoors, excepting
13 places in which smoking is prohibited through the local fire department,
14 or by other law, ordinance, or regulation.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
16 it shall have become a law.
17 PART G
18 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e
19 to read as follows:
20 § 3001-e. Asthma emergencies; training in identification and response.
21 The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall
22 establish standards for the training of teachers and other appropriate
23 personnel in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies in pupils
24 and other persons. Such standards shall specify minimum levels of know-
25 ledge and procedures to be followed. Such standards shall permit train-
26 ing to be given by persons or organizations deemed qualified to do so by
27 the commissioner.
28 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
29 law.
30 PART H
31 Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section
32 235-h to read as follows:
33 § 235-h. Residential rental property smoking policies. Every rental
34 agreement for a dwelling unit, in a multiple dwelling building with four
35 or more units, shall include a disclosure of the smoking policy for the
36 premises on which the dwelling unit is located. The disclosure must
37 state whether smoking is prohibited on the premises, allowed on the
38 entire premises or allowed in limited areas on the premises. If the
39 smoking policy allows smoking in limited areas on the premises, the
40 disclosure must identify the areas on the premises where smoking is
41 allowed.
42 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
43 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
44 PART I
45 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1527-a
46 to read as follows:
47 § 1527-a. Idling motor vehicles on school grounds. 1. On or before
48 September first, two thousand thirteen and consistent with the commis-
49 sioner's regulations, adopted pursuant to section thirty-six hundred
50 thirty-seven of this chapter, the board of education or board of trus-
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1 tees of every school district and the governing body of every private
2 elementary or secondary school in the state shall promulgate and imple-
3 ment rules prohibiting the engine of any motor vehicle, as defined in
4 section one hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law, to
5 remain idling for more than one minute while such vehicle is parked or
6 standing on school grounds, adjacent to school grounds, or in front of
7 any school while loading or off loading passengers.
8 2. Each school district and private elementary and secondary school
9 shall conspicuously post signs upon, adjacent and in front of school
10 grounds advising operators of motor vehicles of the provisions of the
11 rules adopted pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
13 PART J
14 Section 1. Section 916 of the education law, as amended by chapter 524
15 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
16 § 916. Pupils afflicted with asthma or other potentially life-threat-
17 ening respiratory illnesses. The board of education or trustees of each
18 school district and board of cooperative educational services shall
19 allow pupils who have been diagnosed by a physician or other duly
20 authorized health care provider with a severe or moderately severe asth-
21 matic condition or other potentially life-threatening respiratory
22 illness to carry and use a prescribed inhaler during the school day,
23 with the written permission of a physician or other duly authorized
24 health care provider, and parental consent, based on such physician's or
25 provider's determination that such pupil is subject to sudden asthmatic
26 attacks [severe enough to] that can debilitate such pupil. A record of
27 such permission shall be maintained in the school office. In addition,
28 upon the written request of a parent or person in parental relation, the
29 board of education or trustees of a school district and board of cooper-
30 ative educational services shall allow such pupils to maintain an extra
31 such inhaler in the care and custody of a registered professional nurse
32 or other designated responsible person employed by such district or
33 board of cooperative educational services. Nothing in this section
34 shall require a school district or board of cooperative educational
35 services to retain a school nurse solely for the purpose of taking
36 custody of a spare inhaler, or require that a school nurse be available
37 at all times in a school building for such purpose.
38 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 921 to read
39 as follows:
40 § 921. Use of nebulizer. 1. Every school district and board of cooper-
41 ative educational services in this state may maintain one or more nebu-
42 lizers in the office of the school nurse or in a similar accessible
43 location.
44 2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health,
45 may promulgate regulations for the administration of asthma medication
46 through the use of a nebulizer by the school nurse or person authorized
47 by regulation. The regulations may include:
48 a. a requirement that each certified nurse or other person authorized
49 to administer asthma medication in schools receive training in airway
50 management and in the use of nebulizers and inhalers consistent with
51 nationally recognized standards; and
52 b. a requirement that each pupil authorized to use asthma medication
53 pursuant to subdivision one of section nine hundred sixteen of this
54 article or a nebulizer have an asthma treatment plan prepared by the
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1 physician of the pupil, which identify, at a minimum, asthma triggers,
2 the treatment plan, and such other elements as shall be determined by
3 the regents.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
5 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
6 ly the commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate rules and
7 regulations for the implementation of this act on such effective date.
8 PART K
9 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 33-0303 of the environmental
10 conservation law, as added by chapter 85 of the laws of 2010, is amended
11 to read as follows:
12 7. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of educa-
13 tion and the commissioner of health, shall develop guidance and regu-
14 lations on pesticide alternatives to facilitate compliance with section
15 four hundred nine-k of the education law and three hundred ninety-g of
16 the social services law. Provided, further, that such pesticide alterna-
17 tives shall help to minimize the incidence of asthma attacks in public
18 and private buildings and residences, while still effectively control-
19 ling the targeted pest or organism. Such regulations shall provide for
20 the use of the least toxic pesticide or pesticides, which effectively
21 eradicates the targeted pest or organism.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
23 PART L
24 Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new
25 section 143 to read as follows:
26 § 143. Curtail use of chemicals that induce or trigger asthma attacks.
27 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
28 superintendent of every state public building, and of every transporta-
29 tion facility operated by a public authority, public benefit corporation
30 or municipality shall to the best of his or her ability curtail the use
31 of cleaning materials or chemicals, exposure to which may cause either
32 the building cleaning staff or other persons who enter such building to
33 develop the disease of asthma, or which may exacerbate or trigger an
34 asthma attack.
35 2. A determination of which or the quantity or concentration of such
36 cleaning materials or chemicals exposure to which may cause persons to
37 develop the disease of asthma, or which may exacerbate or trigger an
38 asthma attack, shall be made by the commissioner of health who shall
39 promulgate a list of such cleaning materials or chemicals.
40 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
41 it shall have become a law.
42 § 3. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi-
43 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
44 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
45 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
46 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
47 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
48 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
49 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such
50 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
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1 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
2 the applicable effective date of Parts A through L of this act shall be
3 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.
