Requires the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop a bleeding control kit program which requires bleeding control kits to be installed in easily accessible areas of schools; requires training of personnel to use bleeding control kits in the event of an injury to another person.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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309
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- 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 the develop-
ment of a bleeding control kit program and the installation of bleed-
ing control kits in schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
3 63. a. The commissioner shall consult and collaborate with the commis-
4 sioner of health to establish and develop a bleeding control kit program
5 within the department that:
6 (i) ensures that bleeding control kits are stored in easily accessible
7 areas of the school;
8 (ii) includes the use of bleeding control kits in the emergency oper-
9 ations plan or any other security planning measure or protocol adopted
10 by the school district, board of cooperative educational services, char-
11 ter school or nonpublic school; and
12 (iii) requires all district or school personnel who may be reasonably
13 expected to use a bleeding control kit in the event of an injury to
14 another person to receive training approved by the department.
15 b. A bleeding control kit required pursuant to this subdivision shall
16 be a first aid response kit that includes at least:
17 (i) one tourniquet;
18 (ii) two compressed gauze dressings;
19 (iii) one trauma dressing;
20 (iv) nitrile gloves;
21 (v) scissors; and
22 (vi) instructional documents adopted by the agency detailing methods
23 to prevent blood loss following a traumatic event.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 c. In addition to the items required to be included in a bleeding
2 control kit pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision, a bleeding
3 control kit may also include any medical material or equipment that:
4 (i) may be readily stored in a bleeding control kit;
5 (ii) may be used to adequately treat an injury involving traumatic
6 blood loss; and
7 (iii) is approved by local law enforcement or emergency medical
8 services personnel.
9 d. Each school district, board of cooperative educational services,
10 charter school or nonpublic school shall conduct an annual inspection of
11 the medical material and equipment in each bleeding control kit and
12 replace any expired material or equipment as necessary.
13 e. Each school district, board of cooperative educational services,
14 charter school or nonpublic school shall restock each bleeding control
15 kit as soon as practicable after the use of such kit to ensure that the
16 kit contains all required material and equipment.
17 f. The department may approve an online course of instruction by the
18 American College of Surgeons or a similar organization to satisfy the
19 training required pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of this
20 subdivision.
21 g. A school district, board of cooperative educational services, char-
22 ter school or nonpublic school shall be immune from civil liability from
23 damages or injuries resulting from the good faith use of a bleeding
24 control kit by an employee of such school district, board of cooperative
25 educational services, charter school or nonpublic school to control the
26 bleeding of an injured person provided that the employee received the
27 training required pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of this
28 subdivision and the employee did not act with gross negligence in the
29 use of the bleeding control kit.
30 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
