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A02718 Summary:

BILL NOA02718 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDurso

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano

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Amd §§901 & 905, Ed L

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Requires electrocardiograms be provided by school health services to screen for heart conditions; requires electrocardiograms be conducted on students to screen for heart conditions in order to attend school.

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BILL NOA02718 

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01/22/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

05/19/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2718

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring electrocar-
 diograms be provided by school health services to screen for heart
 conditions and requiring electrocardiograms be conducted on students
 to screen for heart conditions in order to attend school

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 901 of the education law, as added
 2 by chapter 477 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. School health services for the purposes of this article shall mean
 4 the several procedures, including, but not limited to, medical examina-
 5 tions, electrocardiograms, dental inspection and/or screening, scoliosis
 6 screening, vision screening and audiometer tests, designed to determine
 7 the health status of the child; to inform parents or other persons in
 8 parental relation to the child, pupils and teachers of the individual
 9 child's health condition subject to federal and state confidentiality
 10 laws; to guide parents, children and teachers in procedures for prevent-
 11 ing and correcting defects and diseases; to instruct the school person-
 12 nel in procedures to take in case of accident or illness; to survey and
 13 make necessary recommendations concerning the health and safety aspects
 14 of school facilities and the provision of health information.
 15 § 2. Section 905 of the education law, as amended by chapter 477 of
 16 the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
 17 § 905. Record of screening examinations and electrocardiograms for
 18 vision, hearing and scoliosis, and heart conditions. 1. The director of
 19 school health services of each school district in this state that is
 20 required to provide school health services, or the health department or
 21 agency otherwise responsible to provide such services, shall conduct
 22 screening examinations and electrocardiograms of vision, hearing, [and]
 23 scoliosis, and heart conditions of all students at such times and as

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03494-01-5

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 1 defined in the regulations of the commissioner, and at any time deemed
 2 necessary.
 3 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of any general, special or
 4 local law, the school authorities charged with the duty of making such
 5 screening examinations of students for the presence of scoliosis pursu-
 6 ant to this section shall not suffer any liability to any person as a
 7 result of making such screening examination, which liability would not
 8 have existed by any provision of law, statutory or otherwise, in the
 9 absence of this section. The positive results of any such screening
 10 examinations of students for the presence of scoliosis shall be in writ-
 11 ing and the parent of, or person in parental relation to, any child in
 12 whom the presence of scoliosis is found shall be advised of such results
 13 by the school authorities within ninety days after the finding of the
 14 presence of scoliosis is made.
 15 (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of any general, special or
 16 local law, the school authorities charged with the duty of making such
 17 electrocardiogram of students for the presence of heart conditions
 18 pursuant to this section shall not suf