Bill Text: MI HB5160 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; curriculum; instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and awareness in use of automated external defibrillation (AED); require for graduation from high school. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1168.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-12 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5160 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5160-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5160

December 15, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Hooker, Hughes, Vaupel, Howrylak, Sarah Roberts, Kesto and Yanez and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1168.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1168. (1) Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, the

 

board of a school district, board of directors of a public school

 

academy, or governing body of a nonpublic school that operates

 

grades 7 to 12 shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to

 

pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12 in the school district, public

 

school academy, or nonpublic school. The school board, board of

 

directors, or governing body shall ensure that the psychomotor

 

skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation are

 

incorporated into the instruction and that the instruction is based

 

on either of the following:

 

     (i) An instructional program developed by the American Red

 

Cross or the American Heart Association.

 

     (ii) Nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for

 

cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

 

     (b) Provide instruction about automated external

 

defibrillators to pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12 in the school

 

district, public school academy, or nonpublic school.

 

     (c) Subject to subsection (4), require a pupil to successfully

 

complete the instruction described in subdivisions (a) and (b)

 

before issuing a high school diploma to the pupil.

 

     (2) A certificated teacher is not required to be an authorized

 

CPR/AED instructor to facilitate, provide, or oversee instruction

 

described in subsection (1)(a) if that instruction does not result

 

in a pupil earning a CPR certification card or status.

 

     (3) If instruction described in subsection (1)(a) will result

 

in a pupil earning a CPR certification card or status, that

 

instruction must be taught by an authorized CPR/AED instructor, as

 

applicable.

 

     (4) For a pupil to be considered to have successfully

 

completed the instruction under this section, a school district,

 

public school academy, or nonpublic school shall require the pupil

 

to be physically present for the instruction and to participate in

 

all aspects of the training included in the instruction unless the

 

pupil is physically unable to participate in the training due to a

 

disability.

 

     (5) School districts, public school academies, and nonpublic

 

schools are encouraged to use locally available resources to

 

provide the instruction under this section, including, but not

 

limited to, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police

 

officers, firefighters, representatives of the American Heart

 

Association or American Red Cross, or properly trained teachers or

 

other school employees.

 

     (6) The department shall establish a procedure for monitoring

 

compliance with the requirements of subsection (1) by each board of

 

a school district, board of directors of a public school academy,

 

or governing body of a nonpublic school.

 

     (7) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Authorized CPR/AED instructor" means an instructor who is

 

authorized by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross,

 

or a similar nationally recognized association to provide

 

instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation that results in the

 

issuance of a CPR certification card or status.

 

     (b) "CPR certification card or status" means a card or other

 

credential evidencing successful completion of instruction in

 

cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is issued by the American Heart

 

Association, American Red Cross, or a similar nationally recognized

 

organization using evidence-based guidelines for the teaching of

 

cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.