Chapter 500 of the Laws of 2021, effective July 1, 2022, establishes the Dominic Murray Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act (“the Act”) which:
●requires the Commissioner of Health to develop information, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Education, relating to pupils exhibiting signs or symptoms of pending or increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest;
●directs the Commissioner of Education to review such information created by the Department of Health and post such information on the Department’s website;
- requires all schools to include such information in any permission form, consent form, or similar document that may be required for a student's participation in interscholastic athletics and include such information, or reference how to obtain such information from the Department and Department of Health’s websites, on the school’s website, if one exists;
●,requires the Commissioner of Education to promulgate regulations requiring that any student displaying signs or symptoms of pending or increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest shall be immediately removed from athletic activities and shall not resume athletic activity until he or she has been evaluated by and received written and signed authorization from a licensed physician; such authorization
must be kept on file in the pupil’s permanent health record; and
●removes the reference to “the American National Red Cross” and replaces such term with “a nationally recognized organization” as defined in Public Health Law §3000-b(1 )(d), regarding completion of a course of study in first aid knowledge and skills by public and nonpublic school coaches of extra-class activities.

Therefore, the Department proposes to add anew section 136.9 and amend section 135.5 of the Commissioner’s regulations to implement the above provisions of the Dominic Murray Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.