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Int 0319-2022 · BillFiled (End of Session) · May 4, 2022

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to make automated external defibrillators available to primary, intermediate and high schools that do not already receive such devices under any other provision of law

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Farah N. Louis
Sponsor
Farah N. LouisDemocratDistrict 45
Cosponsors
10
Introduced
May 4, 2022

Summary

This law would require the department of health and mental hygiene to make automatic external defibrillators available to primary, intermediate and high schools that do not already receive such devices. An automated external defibrillator is a device that can stop irregular heart rhythms or restart a heart after sudden cardiac arrest by conveying an electronic shock to the heart (through the chest).

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May 4, 2022
Int 0319-2022: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to make automated external defibrillators available to primary, intermediate and high schools that do not already receive such devices under any other provision of law · OpenCongress NYC