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- Signed chap.417
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.295
- Substituted for A9298
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1351
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to education
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Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in senior high schools
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Harvey Weisenberg
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7096
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in senior high schools
Purpose
This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to make recommendations to the Board of Regents in regard to requiring high schools to train students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of automated defibrillators (AEDs).
Summary of provisions
Section 305 of the Education Law is amended by adding a new subdivision 52.
Justification
EMS treats nearly 300,000 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year. Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest, can double or triple a victim's chance of survival.
Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time. About 5,920 children 18 years old and under suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year from all causes - including trauma, cardiovascular causes and sudden infant death syndrome.
The American Heart Association recommends that hands-on training be a requirement for graduation. Several studies have demonstrated that trainees, including school children can achieve acceptable levels of skill proficiency in adult CPR in 30 minutes or less. This legislation does not require all students to become certified in CPR. They just need to learn the basic skills thereby making learning CPR easy and affordable.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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