Bill Text: IL HR0704 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges compliance with Lauren's Law which requires CPR and AED training in schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0704 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HR0704-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Passed in 2014, PA 98-0632, also known as Lauren's
Law, requires all Illinois high schools and secondary schools
to teach CPR and AED instruction and training as part of their
Health curriculum; and
WHEREAS, The CPR and AED training must be incorporated into
the Health curriculum of a school, but it is not required to be
within that specific course time; the law does not specify
content, but both the American Red Cross and the American Heart
Association require that content must cover lecture,
demonstration, and practice; and
WHEREAS, Lauren's Law does not require mouth-to-mouth,
mouth-to-facemask, or rescue breathing training but must
include hands-on skill delivery; the instruction may be
delivered in person, by video, online, by webinar, or by the
reading of manuals; and
WHEREAS, Many schools do not have CPR or AED training as
part of their curriculum, or they have the training on their
syllabus but do not comply; currently, there are no
consequences for non-compliance; and
WHEREAS, Untrained bystanders who witness cardiac arrest

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do not know how to respond to a cardiac emergency, which loses
valuable response time; according to the American Heart
Association, over 350,000 people die from out of hospital
cardiac arrest each year; a person has a 10% change of
surviving an out of hospital cardiac arrest; early recognition
of a cardiac arrest and immediate quality CPR is the link to
survival; bystander CPR can increase survival by 2-3 times;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we strongly urge the Illinois State Board of Education to
enforce compliance of Lauren's Law at all Illinois high schools
and secondary schools and to encourage school districts to
include the program as early as the 6th grade; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That we strongly urge all public schools to
become Heart Safe Schools by completing a Cardiac Emergency
Response Plan (CERP); and be it further
RESOLVED, As part of the CERP, we urge schools to clearly
identify school staff that have CPR and AED certification and
offer non-certification CPR and AED training to other staff
members; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
delivered to the Illinois State Board of Education.