Requires instruction in senior high schools regarding calling 911 when witnessing or experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose; provides that pupils shall receive instruction regarding the lawfulness of calling 911 when witnessing or experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose; encourages pupils to call 911 when witnessing or experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose without fear of arrest.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7505
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
November 5, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction
in senior high schools regarding calling 911 when witnessing or expe-
riencing a drug or alcohol overdose
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 804-e
2 to read as follows:
3 § 804-e. Instruction related to witnessing or experiencing a drug or
4 alcohol overdose. 1. Instructions regarding the provisions of section
5 220.78 of the penal law, also known as the "New York state 911 good
6 Samaritan law", shall be included as a part of the health education
7 curriculum in all senior high schools. Such course of instruction shall
8 educate pupils on the protections of such law, including but not limited
9 to, the lawfulness of calling 911 when witnessing or experiencing a drug
10 or alcohol overdose that requires emergency medical care, and shall
11 encourage pupils to call 911 when witnessing or experiencing a drug or
12 alcohol overdose without fear of arrest.
13 2. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to estab-
14 lish a curriculum for instruction which shall be age appropriate and
15 developed according to the needs and abilities of pupils at successive
16 grade levels.
17 3. School authorities shall be authorized to provide the needed facil-
18 ities, time, and place for the instruction set forth herein and to
19 provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials which contribute
20 to effective teaching methods and learning regarding the decision to
21 call 911 when witnessing or experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06198-01-1
