S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1850--A

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                   February 9, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN,  DIAZ,  DUANE,  HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER,
         ONORATO, SAMPSON, SERRANO, SMITH -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,
         and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education --
         recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with  Senate
         Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all teachers
         to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies

         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 3001-E. ASTHMA EMERGENCIES; TRAINING IN IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSE.
    4  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL
    5  ESTABLISH  STANDARDS  FOR THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE
    6  PERSONNEL IN IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO ASTHMA EMERGENCIES IN  PUPILS
    7  AND  OTHER PERSONS. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL SPECIFY MINIMUM LEVELS OF KNOW-
    8  LEDGE AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL PERMIT  TRAIN-
    9  ING TO BE GIVEN BY PERSONS OR ORGANIZATIONS DEEMED QUALIFIED TO DO SO BY
   10  THE COMMISSIONER.
   11    S  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
   12  law.




        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00227-02-0