H.R. 4989 · 116th Congress
Access to AEDs Act
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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.
What it does: CRS summary · 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Access to AEDs Act
Latest action (Nov 6, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 5, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.