New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session

New Jersey Assembly Bill A4274 Compare Versions

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1	1	ASSEMBLY, No. 4274 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED MAY 2, 2024
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11	11	INTRODUCED MAY 2, 2024
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15	15	Sponsored by: Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT District 29 (Essex and Hudson) Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER District 22 (Somerset and Union) Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) Co-Sponsored by: Assemblywoman Lampitt SYNOPSIS Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
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19	19	Sponsored by:
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21	21	Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
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23	23	District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
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25	25	Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
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29	29	Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
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47	47	SYNOPSIS
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49	49	Requires youth sports team coaches to undergo cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and other first aid training.
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55	55	As introduced.
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59	59	An Act concerning youth sports team coaches and supplementing Title 5 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. A person shall not serve as a coach of a youth sports team unless the person possesses a certificate issued by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to subsection b. of this section. b. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), setting forth certification requirements necessary to serve as a coach of a youth sports team, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, which shall include, but not be limited to, first aid training and instruction in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The commissioner shall provide for the issuance of a certificate to a person who possesses or acquires the training required pursuant to subsection a. of this section. c. For the purposes of this section, "youth sports team" means a sports team organized or performing pursuant to a nonprofit or similar charter or which is a member team in a league organized by or affiliated with a county or municipal recreation department, for which enrollment is limited to juveniles under the age of 18. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment, except that the Commissioner of Health may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act. STATEMENT This bill provides that youth sports team coaches are required to be trained in the administration of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other first aid measures. Under the bill, a person would not be permitted to serve as a coach of a youth sports team unless the person is certified by the Commissioner of Health as having received the required training and instruction. The bill requires the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth certification requirements necessary to serve as a coach of a youth sports team, which are to include, but not be limited to, first aid training and instruction in the administration of CPR. The bill further requires the commissioner to provide for the issuance of a certificate to a person who possesses or acquires the necessary training. On February 10, 2023, a 12 year-old boy named Elijah Jordan Brown-Garcia of Newark, New Jersey collapsed following a light football practice and conditioning skills training. During the practice, he was supervised by adults who did not know CPR or other life-saving first aid measures. This bill would ensure that the adults supervising children participating in sports are appropriately trained to provide CPR and other life-saving first aid measures.
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61	61	An Act concerning youth sports team coaches and supplementing Title 5 of the Revised Statutes.
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65	65	Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
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69	69	1. a. A person shall not serve as a coach of a youth sports team unless the person possesses a certificate issued by the Commissioner of Health pursuant to subsection b. of this section.
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71	71	b. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), setting forth certification requirements necessary to serve as a coach of a youth sports team, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, which shall include, but not be limited to, first aid training and instruction in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The commissioner shall provide for the issuance of a certificate to a person who possesses or acquires the training required pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
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73	73	c. For the purposes of this section, "youth sports team" means a sports team organized or performing pursuant to a nonprofit or similar charter or which is a member team in a league organized by or affiliated with a county or municipal recreation department, for which enrollment is limited to juveniles under the age of 18.
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77	77	2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following the date of enactment, except that the Commissioner of Health may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
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87	87	This bill provides that youth sports team coaches are required to be trained in the administration of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other first aid measures.
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89	89	Under the bill, a person would not be permitted to serve as a coach of a youth sports team unless the person is certified by the Commissioner of Health as having received the required training and instruction. The bill requires the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth certification requirements necessary to serve as a coach of a youth sports team, which are to include, but not be limited to, first aid training and instruction in the administration of CPR. The bill further requires the commissioner to provide for the issuance of a certificate to a person who possesses or acquires the necessary training.
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91	91	On February 10, 2023, a 12 year-old boy named Elijah Jordan Brown-Garcia of Newark, New Jersey collapsed following a light football practice and conditioning skills training. During the practice, he was supervised by adults who did not know CPR or other life-saving first aid measures. This bill would ensure that the adults supervising children participating in sports are appropriately trained to provide CPR and other life-saving first aid measures.