What's happening
This bill requires health and wellness education and outreach programs to prevent sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes, including best practices and informational materials for students and parents.
Why it matters
Promotes earlier detection and prevention of heart conditions. by mandating evidence-based health screenings and best practices for students participating in school sports, potentially reducing the risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
Empowers families with critical information. by requiring that students and their parents/guardians receive accessible materials explaining what sudden cardiac arrest is, its warning signs, and how common it is among student athletes.
Ensures medical accuracy and broad support. by involving respected organizations—such as the state’s Medical Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Heart Association—in developing educational content, raising the quality and credibility of the outreach.
Clarifies available screening options and their limits. , so families can make better-informed decisions about private cardiac screening, while understanding that no screening is perfect—helping to manage expectations and avoid false reassurance.
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Protect Student Athletes' Hearts
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- Referred to health
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Amended on third reading 6538a
- Ordered to third reading cal.463
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to health
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.351
- Reported
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- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to health
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Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6538--A Cal. No. 463
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, CRESPO, TITONE, L. ROSENTHAL, OTIS, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (o) to read as follows:
(o) Preventing sudden cardiac arrest among students participating in school sporting events, including recommending evidenced-based best practices for health certificates required pursuant to section nine hundred three of the education law, screening exams required for participation in interscholastic athletics, and information for students and their parents and guardians regarding sudden cardiac arrest. Such materials shall be developed in conjunction with the commissioner of education, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the New York chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Heart Association, and shall include an explanation of sudden cardiac arrest, its incidence among student athletes, a description of early warning signs, and an overview of the options that are privately available to screen for cardiac conditions that may lead to sudden cardiac arrest including a statement about the limitations of these options.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00528-02-8
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