Bill Text: FL S1544 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Cardiac and Medical Emergencies on School Grounds

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Education Pre-K -12 [S1544 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S1544-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1544
       
       
        
       By Senator Avila
       
       
       
       
       
       39-00569G-23                                          20231544__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to cardiac and medical emergencies on
    3         school grounds; creating s. 1003.457, F.S.;
    4         encouraging each public school to have at least one
    5         automated external defibrillator on school grounds;
    6         providing requirements for such defibrillators;
    7         requiring schools to have a sufficient number of
    8         defibrillators; encouraging schools to establish
    9         public or private partnerships with hospitals, medical
   10         centers, health organizations, and local businesses or
   11         seek gifts, grants, and other donations for specified
   12         purposes; requiring each school to establish an
   13         emergency action plan for specified purposes;
   14         providing requirements for such plan; requiring each
   15         school to provide certain information to students,
   16         parents, and school employees; requiring that such
   17         information be provided electronically for certain
   18         students; providing immunity from liability under the
   19         Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival
   20         Act; requiring school districts to make certain
   21         training available annually to all school employees;
   22         providing school and school district reporting
   23         requirements; providing an effective date.
   24          
   25  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   26  
   27         Section 1. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created
   28  to read:
   29         1003.457Automated external defibrillators on school
   30  grounds; emergency action plan; provision of information.—
   31         (1)In addition to the requirements of s. 1006.165, each
   32  public school, including each charter school, shall strive to
   33  have at least one operational automated external defibrillator
   34  on school grounds. Each defibrillator must be stored in a
   35  location that is easily accessible to anyone at any time during
   36  the school day, during afterschool activities, and at any other
   37  time students are on school grounds, including outside of the
   38  school year. Each defibrillator must have appropriate
   39  accompanying signage, including, but not limited to, signage at
   40  the defibrillator’s exact location and signage that directs
   41  responders to the building or room where the defibrillator is
   42  routinely kept. Each defibrillator and its accompanying pads,
   43  including pediatric pads, and rescue kit must be maintained
   44  according to the manufacturer’s instructions and kept in usable
   45  condition. Each school must have a sufficient number of
   46  defibrillators to allow a person to retrieve a defibrillator
   47  within 3 minutes after a cardiac or medical emergency in which
   48  the use of a defibrillator is needed anywhere on school grounds
   49  during a school day or during afterschool activities. Each
   50  school is encouraged to form public and private partnerships
   51  with hospitals, medical centers, health organizations, and local
   52  businesses, or seek grants, gifts, and other donations, to cover
   53  the costs associated with purchase, placement, and training in
   54  the use of the defibrillator.
   55         (2)Each school shall create an emergency action plan for
   56  responding to cardiac and medical emergencies requiring the use
   57  of a defibrillator or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The plan
   58  must, at a minimum:
   59         (a)Designate at least one person as a response leader who
   60  shall:
   61         1.Oversee the implementation of the plan.
   62         2.Form a response team to respond to cardiac and medical
   63  emergencies.
   64         3.Ensure that the school has employees trained to respond
   65  to cardiac or medical emergencies.
   66         4.Be responsible for finalizing the school’s initial plan.
   67         5.Be responsible for collecting and processing feedback
   68  and updating the school’s plan, as necessary. The school’s plan
   69  must be evaluated and, if necessary, updated after any cardiac
   70  emergency drill or cardiac or medical emergency requiring the
   71  use of a defibrillator at the school.
   72         6.Work toward ensuring enough defibrillators are available
   73  to allow a person to retrieve a defibrillator within 3 minutes
   74  after a cardiac or medical emergency in which a defibrillator is
   75  needed.
   76         7.Form a response committee to assist in the duties of the
   77  response leader and ensure compliance with the training
   78  requirements of this section. The response committee must meet
   79  at least once a year or more frequently if necessary to
   80  discharge its duties. The response committee must be composed of
   81  at least five persons who agree to work toward better outcomes
   82  in cardiac events, including:
   83         a.The response leader.
   84         b.For a public school, a safe-school officer, who must
   85  also be trained yearly in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the
   86  use of a defibrillator and know the location of each
   87  defibrillator on school grounds.
   88         c.A student currently enrolled at the school.
   89         d.A parent of a student currently enrolled at the school.
   90         e.A classroom teacher at the school.
   91         (b)Include a list of at least five school employees who
   92  are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and trained in
   93  the use of a defibrillator.
   94         (c)Include detailed procedures for responding to a cardiac
   95  or medical emergency, including acknowledging that in such an
   96  emergency it is crucial that emergency services be called,
   97  quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation be administered, and a
   98  defibrillator be retrieved as quickly as possible. A person must
   99  be designated to be responsible for such actions and must be
  100  prepared to perform such responsibilities as needed to ensure
  101  such tasks are completed. The plan must also communicate that
  102  other persons should not be deterred from performing such
  103  actions as quickly as possible if the designated person is not
  104  immediately available. The detailed procedures must identify the
  105  person who will:
  106         1.Respond to the cardiac or medical emergency in which
  107  cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a defibrillator is needed and
  108  ensure that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is administered.
  109         2.Respond to the cardiac or medical emergency in which
  110  cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a defibrillator is needed and
  111  ensure that a defibrillator is retrieved and used.
  112         3.Communicate with emergency medical services.
  113         4.Communicate with school personnel.
  114         5.Assist emergency medical services in locating the person
  115  experiencing the cardiac or medical emergency.
  116         (d)Establish a schedule for at least one drill each
  117  semester of the school year in which the appropriate staff
  118  members practice the implementation of the emergency plan. At
  119  least once each school year, the drill required under this
  120  paragraph must create the scenario of a student suffering from
  121  sudden cardiac arrest and include participation of the entire
  122  school, including both students and school employees.
  123         (3)Each school shall provide students, parents, and school
  124  employees with information, either electronically or physically,
  125  on:
  126         (a)Cardiac emergencies, including what a cardiac emergency
  127  may look like and how to respond to such an emergency, including
  128  when such emergency happens to a student, general information
  129  about cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how to operate a
  130  defibrillator, and the warning signs of a cardiac condition in
  131  young people.
  132         (b)The school’s emergency action plan, including the
  133  protocols for use of and the location of all defibrillators on
  134  school grounds.
  135         (c)For school staff:
  136         1.The warning signs and symptoms of a cardiac condition or
  137  emergency for students, including the protocols for students to
  138  discontinue any physical activity if such symptoms of a cardiac
  139  emergency occur and how such events will be communicated to a
  140  student’s parent.
  141         2.The limitations and considerations a student with a
  142  known cardiac condition may need.
  143         (d)How and when to use a defibrillator.
  144  
  145  Students enrolled in virtual education must only be provided the
  146  educational information required by this subsection.
  147         (4)The use of defibrillators or cardiopulmonary
  148  resuscitation by school employees or students is covered under
  149  ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.
  150         (5)Each school district shall annually offer training in
  151  cardiopulmonary resuscitation to any interested school employee.
  152         (6)Each school shall annually, on a date established by
  153  the Department of Education, submit to the district school board
  154  a report demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this
  155  section. Each district school board shall compile the reports
  156  from schools within the district and annually, on a date
  157  established by the department, submit a report to the department
  158  to ensure compliance with this section.
  159         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

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