S03269 Summary:

BILL NOS03269
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04892
 
SPONSORLANZA
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §207, Pub Health L
 
Relates to health care and wellness education and outreach programs for preventing sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes including recommending evidenced-based best practices for health certificates required pursuant to the education law, screening exams required for participation in interscholastic athletics, and information for students and their parents and guardians regarding sudden cardiac arrest.
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S03269 Actions:

BILL NOS03269
 
02/05/2019REFERRED TO HEALTH
01/08/2020REFERRED TO HEALTH
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S03269 Committee Votes:

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S03269 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S03269 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3269
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 5, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  health  care  and
          wellness education and outreach programs for preventing sudden cardiac
          arrest among student athletes

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public  health  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
     3    (p)  Preventing  sudden cardiac arrest among students participating in
     4  school sporting  events,  including  recommending  evidenced-based  best
     5  practices  for  health  certificates  required  pursuant to section nine
     6  hundred three of the education law, screening exams required for partic-
     7  ipation in interscholastic athletics, and information for  students  and
     8  their  parents and guardians regarding sudden cardiac arrest. Such mate-
     9  rials shall be developed in conjunction with the commissioner of  educa-
    10  tion, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the New York chapter
    11  of  the  American  Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Heart Associ-
    12  ation, and shall include an explanation of sudden  cardiac  arrest,  its
    13  incidence  among student athletes, a description of early warning signs,
    14  and an overview of the options that are privately  available  to  screen
    15  for  cardiac conditions that may lead to sudden cardiac arrest including
    16  a statement about the limitations of these options.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00289-01-9
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