Bill Text: FL S0250 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: First Aid for Severe Bleeding
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Health Policy [S0250 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S0250-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2021 SB 250
By Senator Pizzo
38-00606-21 2021250__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to first aid for severe bleeding;
3 amending s. 768.1326, F.S.; requiring the State
4 Surgeon General to adopt guidelines for the placement
5 of bleeding control kits in state buildings; providing
6 requirements for such guidelines and the placement of
7 such kits in state buildings; amending s. 1001.42,
8 F.S.; requiring district school boards to provide a
9 bleeding control kit in every school within the school
10 district; providing requirements for such kits;
11 creating s. 1003.457, F.S.; requiring school districts
12 to provide instruction for all students in first aid
13 for severe bleeding; requiring students to study and
14 practice skills associated with first aid for severe
15 bleeding at least once before graduating from high
16 school; requiring that the instruction be a part of a
17 required curriculum and be based on certain programs;
18 providing an exemption; creating s. 1012.5841, F.S.;
19 requiring the Department of Education to develop a
20 list of approved first aid for severe bleeding
21 instructional programs for certain instructional
22 personnel by a specified date; providing requirements
23 for such list; requiring the department to incorporate
24 such training programs into existing continuing
25 education or inservice training for such personnel by
26 a specified school year; prohibiting such requirements
27 from adding to the total hours required for such
28 education and training; authorizing the State Board of
29 Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date.
30
31 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
32
33 Section 1. Section 768.1326, Florida Statutes, is amended
34 to read:
35 768.1326 Placement of automated external defibrillator
36 devices and bleeding control kits defibrillators in state
37 buildings; rulemaking authority.—The State Surgeon General shall
38 adopt rules to establish guidelines on the appropriate placement
39 of automated external defibrillator devices and bleeding control
40 kits in buildings or portions of buildings owned or leased by
41 the state, and shall establish, by rule, recommendations on
42 procedures for the deployment of automated external
43 defibrillator devices and bleeding control kits in such
44 buildings in accordance with the guidelines. The Secretary of
45 Management Services shall assist the State Surgeon General in
46 the development of the guidelines. The guidelines for the
47 placement of the automated external defibrillator devices and
48 bleeding control kits defibrillators shall take into account the
49 typical number of employees and visitors in the buildings, the
50 extent of the need for security measures regarding the
51 buildings, special circumstances in buildings or portions of
52 buildings such as high electrical voltages or extreme heat or
53 cold, and such other factors as the State Surgeon General and
54 Secretary of Management Services determine to be appropriate.
55 The State Surgeon General’s recommendations for deployment of
56 automated external defibrillator devices and bleeding control
57 kits defibrillators in buildings or portions of buildings owned
58 or leased by the state shall include:
59 (1) A reference list of appropriate training courses in the
60 use of such devices and kits, including the role of
61 cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
62 (2) The extent to which such devices and kits may be used
63 by laypersons;
64 (3) Manufacturer recommended maintenance and testing of the
65 devices and, if appropriate, kits; and
66 (4) Coordination with local emergency medical services
67 systems regarding the incidents of use of the devices and kits.
68
69 In formulating these guidelines and recommendations, the State
70 Surgeon General may consult with all appropriate public and
71 private entities, including national and local public health
72 organizations that seek to improve the survival rates of
73 individuals who experience cardiac arrest or injuries that would
74 require a bleeding control kit.
75 Section 2. Present subsection (28) of section 1001.42,
76 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (29), and a new
77 subsection (28) is added to that section, to read:
78 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
79 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
80 powers and perform all duties listed below:
81 (28) BLEEDING CONTROL KITS.—Provide at least one bleeding
82 control kit in every school within the school district. The
83 bleeding control kit must include, at a minimum, a tourniquet,
84 trauma dressings, gauze, two pairs of nitrile gloves, trauma
85 shears, and instructions.
86 Section 3. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created
87 to read:
88 1003.457 Instruction in first aid for severe bleeding.—
89 (1) Each school district shall provide instruction for all
90 students in first aid for severe bleeding. The students shall
91 study and practice the skills associated with first aid for
92 severe bleeding at least once before graduating from high
93 school. The instruction must be a part of the physical education
94 curriculum or another required curriculum selected by the school
95 district.
96 (2) The required instruction must be based on an
97 instructional program established by the American Red Cross or
98 another nationally recognized program that uses the most current
99 evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
100 (3) A student with a disability, as defined in s. 1007.02,
101 is exempt from the requirements of this section.
102 Section 4. Section 1012.5841, Florida Statutes, is created
103 to read:
104 1012.5841 Continuing education and inservice training for
105 first aid for severe bleeding.—
106 (1) By July 1, 2022, the Department of Education shall
107 develop a list of approved first aid for severe bleeding
108 instructional programs for instructional personnel in elementary
109 school, middle school, and high school. The approved list must
110 include instructional programs established by the American Red
111 Cross or another nationally recognized program that uses the
112 most current evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
113 (2) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the
114 Department of Education shall incorporate the first aid for
115 severe bleeding instructional programs into existing
116 requirements for the continuing education or inservice training
117 of instructional personnel. The requirements of this section may
118 not add to the total hours required for continuing education or
119 inservice training as currently established by the department.
120 (3) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
121 implement this section.
122 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
