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A08105 Summary:

A08105 Actions:

A08105 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/17/2016AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Saladino
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Colton
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Wright
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye

A08105 Floor Votes:

A08105 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8105--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 9, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Education  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to an education and
          awareness program on tick identification and protection
 
          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 55 to read as follows:
     3    55. The commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of health
     4  and   the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  shall  develop
     5  instructional tools and materials for school districts and libraries  to
     6  assist  in  the education and awareness program to protect children from
     7  lyme disease and tick-borne infections. Resources and materials shall be
     8  age-appropriate for school-age students and provide information  on  the
     9  identification  of  ticks,  recommended procedures for safe tick removal
    10  and best practices to provide protection from ticks. Such materials  may
    11  include  but  not be limited to video productions, pamphlets, and demon-
    12  stration programs to illustrate the various sizes of  ticks  before  and
    13  after  it  has  engorged to assist with the identification of a tick and
    14  the reaction on the skin that may occur as a  result  of  a  tick  bite.
    15  Materials  and  instructional  tools  to  advance  and promote education
    16  awareness on tick identification and protection shall be made  available
    17  to school districts and libraries upon request at no charge.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11431-03-6