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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7262--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 8, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD11334-04-4
        S. 7262--A                          2
 
     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.