STATE OF NEW YORK
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7262--A
IN SENATE
May 8, 2014
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Introduced by Sens. HANNON, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
to authorizing schools to possess and administer epinephrine auto-in-
jectors in emergency situations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the
2 public health law, as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 2001, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) "Eligible person, firm, organization, or other entity" means, (i)
5 an ambulance service or advanced life support first response service; a
6 certified first responder, emergency medical technician, or advanced
7 emergency medical technician, who is employed by or an enrolled member
8 of any such service; (ii) a children's overnight camp as defined in
9 subdivision one of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter,
10 a summer day camp as defined in subdivision two of section thirteen
11 hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a traveling summer day camp as
12 defined in subdivision three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of
13 this chapter or a person employed by such a camp; or (iii) school
14 districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational
15 education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elemen-
16 tary and secondary schools in this state or any person employed by any
17 such entity; or (iv) any other person, firm, organization or entity
18 designated pursuant to regulations of the commissioner in consultation
19 with other appropriate agencies; and all subject to regulations of the
20 commissioner.
21 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 921 to read
22 as follows:
23 § 921. On-site epinephrine auto-injector. 1. School districts, boards
24 of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and
25 extension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and second-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ary schools in this state may provide and maintain on-site in each
2 instructional school facility epinephrine auto-injectors in quantities
3 and types deemed by the commissioner, in consultation with the commis-
4 sioner of health, to be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access
5 for use during emergencies to any student or staff having anaphylactic
6 symptoms whether or not there is a previous history of severe allergic
7 reaction.
8 2. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, coun-
9 ty vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and non-
10 public elementary and secondary schools in this state or any person
11 employed by any such entity may administer epinephrine auto-injectors in
12 the event of an emergency pursuant to the requirements of section three
13 thousand-c of the public health law.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
15 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
16 health, in consultation with the commissioner of education, may promul-
17 gate any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of
18 this act on its effective date.
