Bill Text: NH HB501 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-03-15 - House Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 26, PG.707 [HB501 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB501-Introduced.html

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HB 501-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 501-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.

SPONSORS: Rep. Spainhower, Straf 2; Rep. Sprague, Straf 2; Rep. D. Hooper, Straf 5; Rep. Andolina, Straf 6

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires every pupil to satisfactorily complete a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 10th grade, and shall ensure that every pupil satisfactorily completes a refresher course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 12th grade. The bill also requires school boards to establish a waiver process for any pupil who is physically unable to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 School Boards; Studies. Amend RSA 189:10 to read as follows:

189:10 Studies. The school board shall ensure that health education and physical education are taught to pupils as part of the basic curriculum. The school board shall ensure that every pupil satisfactorily completes a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 10^th grade, and shall ensure that every pupil satisfactorily completes a refresher course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation before completion of the 12^th grade. The school board shall provide a waiver process for any pupil who is physically unable to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The school board shall ensure that all studies prescribed by the state board of education are thoroughly taught, especially physiology, hygiene, and health and physical education as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

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HB 501-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Education states this bill will increase state expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter. There will be no impact on state revenues or county and local revenues or expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Education states this bill requires every pupil in the state to complete a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before completion of the 10^th grade and a CPR refresher course before completion of the 12^th grade. The Department assumes because this bill mandates these CPR courses, the state would be responsible for bearing the costs. The Department assumes the initial courses will be given to 10^th graders each year and the refresher courses will be given to 12^th graders, and that the CPR courses would be provided by community organizations at a cost of $20 per student. This would increase state expenditures by $326,340 in FY 2012 and 2013 (16,317 10^th grade students * $20 per course) and by $652,680 in FY 2014 and FY 2015 (16,317 10^th grade students + 16,317 12^th grade students * $20 per course). However, the Department states these amounts represent potential maximum state costs, as there are at least 250 CPR instructors in schools with current certification and anecdotal evidence suggests CPR courses are already offered as requirements of electives in many school districts. Because the actual number of students currently receiving CPR training is unknown, the Department cannot estimate the fiscal impact at this time. Finally, the Department states the addition of the compliance oversight responsibility for this program at current staffing levels would affect the availability of Department personnel to address other duties by an indeterminable amount.