Bill Text: NY A02549 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires monthly inspections of all AED equipment in all schools.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-17 - referred to education [A02549 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A02549-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2549

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SAYEGH, MILLER, MAGNARELLI, TAYLOR, WILLIAMS,
          ZINERMAN, DeSTEFANO, SHIMSKY, REYES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
          LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring monthly
          inspections of all AED equipment

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

     1    Section 1. Section 917 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  All  AED  equipment shall be inspected and tested at intervals not
     4  exceeding one month by any staff who  holds  a  valid  certification  of
     5  completion  of  a  course  in  the  study  of  the  operation  of  AEDs.
     6  Inspections and tests shall be performed in accordance with the applica-
     7  ble standards of the manufacturer and any appropriate government agency.
     8  Any AED device that does not meet such  applicable  standards  shall  be
     9  exchanged  for  a  new AED device with the coordinating emergency health
    10  care provider pursuant to section three thousand-b of the public  health
    11  law.   A written record of all maintenance and testing performed on AEDs
    12  shall be maintained  and  submitted  annually  to  the  commissioner  of
    13  health.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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