Mississippi House Bill 670 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Relating To Automated External Defibrillators; To Require Public And Private High Schools To Have An Automated External Defibrillator On The School Grounds; To Encourage Public And Private Partnerships To Cover Certain Costs Associated With Defibrillators; To Authorize And Direct The State Board Of Health, In Consultation With The State Board Of Education, To Promulgate Regulations To Require Preventative Cardiac Screening Of Student Athletes And To Mandate That Coaches, Athletic Trainers And Certain Students Receive Training In Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation And The Use Of An Automated External Defibrillator; To Authorize And Direct The State Board Of Education To Require School Districts And Private Schools To Comply With Cardiac Screening Requirements Beginning With The 2015-2016 School Year; To Provide Immunity From Civil Liability To Coaches, Athletic Trainers And Certain Students For Injuries Caused As A Result Of An Act Or Omission Relating To The Use Of An Automated External Defibrillator; To Bring Forward Sections 41-60-33 And 73-25-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Students athletes; require automated external defibrillators on high school grounds; cardiac screening and AED training.

Rep. David Baria [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Education;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0670.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0670IN.htm