What's happening
This bill requires new health and wellness education programs to prevent sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes in New York schools.
Why it matters
Expands health education in schools. by requiring the creation and distribution of detailed, evidence-based materials specifically about sudden cardiac arrest—helping students, parents, and guardians better understand the risks tied to student athletics.
Mandates collaboration with respected medical organizations. (such as the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics), ensuring that the information provided is medically accurate, authoritative, and up-to-date.
Addresses both awareness and prevention. by including early warning signs, incidence rates among student athletes, and options for cardiac screening, along with candid explanations of the limitations of these screenings—helping families make more informed decisions.
Could influence school policies and medical requirements. (like health certificates and screening exams) for student athletes, potentially leading to earlier detection of at-risk students and improved safety protocols statewide.
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Protect Student Athletes' Hearts
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
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History
- Referred to health
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.188
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to health
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.347
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
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- Referred to health
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Protect Student Athletes’ Hearts
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4892
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, CRESPO, L. ROSENTHAL, OTIS, SEAWRIGHT -read once and referred 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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
(p) 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.
LBD00289-01-9
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