New York S 6863: Requires automated external defibrillator equipment to be immediately available at school-sponsored events

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S06863 Summary:

BILL NOS06863 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04166

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §917, Ed L

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Requires automated external defibrillator equipment to be immediately available at school-sponsored events; requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and charter schools to develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan.

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BILL NOS06863 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6863

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring automated
 external defibrillator equipment to be immediately available at
 school-sponsored events

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 917 of the education
 2 law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 1. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, coun-
 5 ty vocational education and extension boards and charter schools shall
 6 provide and maintain on-site in each instructional school facility auto-
 7 mated external defibrillator (AED) equipment, as defined in paragraph
 8 (a) of subdivision one of section three thousand-b of the public health
 9 law, in quantities and types deemed by the commissioner in consultation
 10 with the commissioner of health to be adequate to ensure ready and
 11 appropriate access for use during emergencies, provided however, and
 12 such AED shall be immediately available in and at all school sponsored
 13 events including to athletic coaching and/or training staff at the
 14 location of any school-sponsored practice or athletic event.
 15 2. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services, coun-
 16 ty vocational education and extension boards and charter schools shall
 17 develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan that addresses
 18 the appropriate use of personnel to respond to incidents involving any
 19 individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threat-
 20 ening emergency on any school site owned or operated by a school or at a
 21 location of any practice or athletic event. Such cardiac emergency
 22 response plan shall include the training of appropriate personnel
 23 including but not limited to school personnel, coaches, school nurses
 24 and athletic trainers. The cardiac emergency response plan shall inte-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07949-01-5

 S. 6863 2

 1 grate evidenced based core elements as recommended by the American Heart
 2 Association or other nationally recognized organization that provides
 3 the guidelines training for the use of an automated external defibrilla-
 4 tor (AED) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and shall include
 5 provisions consistent with requirements of a public access defibrilla-
 6 tion provider pursuant to section three thousand-a and three thousand-b
 7 of the public health law.
 8 3. Whenever public school facilities pursuant to subdivision one of
 9 this section are used for school sponsored or school approved curricular
 10 or extracurricular events or activities and whenever a school-sponsored
 11 athletic contest is held at any location, the public school officials
 12 and administrators responsible for such school facility or athletic
 13 contest shall ensure the presence of at least one staff person who is
 14 trained, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section three
 15 thousand-b of the public health law, in the operation and use of an AED.
 16 Where a school-sponsored [competitive] practice or athletic event is
 17 held at a site other than a public school facility, the publi