Access to AEDs Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 5, 2019)
Access to AEDs Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools.
Specifically, such access shall be achieved in such schools by
- developing and providing comprehensive materials to establish defibrillation programs,
- providing support for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training programs,
- fostering new and existing community partnerships to promote the importance of defibrillation,
- establishing a clearinghouse database to gather information in a central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the pediatric population, and
- providing assistance to secondary school athletic departments for screening student athletes for risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
What just happenedNov 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 5, 2019
- Nov 6, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Nov 5, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Nov 5, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Nov 5, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 5, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House