New York A 4143: Requires that all chaperones or volunteers of school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out of the country be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical emergencies

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A04143 Summary:

BILL NOA04143 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMcDonough

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §305, Ed L; amd §206, Pub Health L

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Requires the commissioner of education to establish standards, rules or regulations requiring that all chaperones or volunteers of school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out of the country be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical emergencies.

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BILL NOA04143 

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01/31/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4143

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to requiring the commissioner of education to establish standards,
 rules or regulations requiring that all chaperones or volunteers of
 school trips which involve taking students out of the state or out of
 the country be trained in first aid and to recognize certain medical
 emergencies

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

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
 3 63. The commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of
 4 health, shall promulgate such standards, rules and regulations as may be
 5 necessary to ensure that students who are on an out of the state or out
 6 of the country school sanctioned activity or trip shall be accompanied
 7 by at least one person who is trained in first aid and to recognize and
 8 respond to certain medical emergencies at all times while the students
 9 are out of the state or out of the country. Such standards, rules and
 10 regulations shall provide that chaperones and volunteers of any school
 11 sanctioned activity or trip which conveys students out of the state or
 12 out of the country shall be trained in first aid and to recognize and
 13 respond to certain medical emergencies. The commissioner of health
 14 shall assist the commissioner in determining the medical emergencies
 15 chaperones and volunteers shall be trained to recognize and respond to.
 16 For the purposes of this subdivision, the terms "chaperone" and "volun-
 17 teer" shall mean any adult who accompanies students on an excursion out
 18 of the state or out of the country, regardless of whether such adult is
 19 employed by the school district.
 20 § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 21 subdivision 32 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08429-01-5

 A. 4143 2

 1 32. The commissioner shall assist the commissioner of education in
 2 promulgating standards, rules, and regulations relating to requiring
 3 chaperones and volunteers of school sanctioned activities or trips which
 4 convey students out of the state or out of the country to be trained in
 5 first aid and determining the medical emergencies chaperones and volun-
 6 teers shall be trained to recognize and respond to when accompanying
 7 students on such trips or activities.
 8 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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