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Establishes requirement for the instruction of students, teachers and coaches regarding the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Karim Camara
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BILL NUMBER:S3939
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the instruction of students, teachers and coaches in the harmful use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones by adolescents and providing for the testing of students suspected of using steroids and hormones, upon parental consent
Purpose
Establishes requirement for the instruction of students, teachers and coaches regarding the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones.
Summary of provisions
*Health guidance in the junior high school grades and senior high schools shall be an integral part of a required health education course containing information on the use, misuse, and abuse of alcohol, tobacco anabolic steroids and other drugs.
*School authorities shall provide the needed learning aids, curriculum resource materials, facilities, time and place for the instruction to contribute to effective teaching methods.
*The commissioner may prescribe in regulation such health education courses, which are deemed necessary and desirable for the welfare of pupils and the community.
* All course material shall be distributed by the commissioner or shall be approved by the commissioner.
*School authorities may cause children whose consent was granted by their parent or parental relation to be separately and carefully examined in order to ascertain whether any such children are making use of dangerous drugs.
* School authorities shall report any positive findings to the social services department for social services and the parent or guardian will be notified.
*Instruction is mandatory for coaches of extra--class school athletic activities.
*It shall be required of all teachers who coach any extra-class athletic activity to complete an in-service training in the deleterious effects performance-enhancing dietary supplements.
*Throughout the sports season, each coach shall instruct students as to the harmful effects associated with anabolic steroids, HGH, performance-enhancing dietary supplements and encourage students ,to avoid such substances.
*The coach shall report all unauthorized uses of steroids by a student to school authorities, who shall immediately contact the person in parental relation to the student.
*Each student participating in interscholastic high school sports shall sign a pledge not to use anabolic steroids without authorization from a licensed health care practitioner.
Justification
Given the prevalence of steroid use at the professional level and otherwise, it is important to integrate the issues of substance abuse into preliminary schooling syllabi to educate youth on the dangers of anabolic steroids, HGH and dietary supplements to enhance athletic performance.
This legislation also provides for parental consent for school testing of dangerous drugs and anabolic steroids and to involve the school authorities and guardian when any substance abuse has been suspected.
Legislative history
S.2783 (2010) Held in Health S.8568 ADAMS ON FILE: 06/23/08 Education Law TITLE: Establishes requirement for the instruction of students, teachers and coaches regarding the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones 06/17/08 REFERRED TO RULES Same as A.10094 Camara (MS) Education Law TITLE: Establishes requirement for the instruction of students, teachers and coaches regarding the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones 02/29/08 Referred to Education
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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