House File 2288

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment and funding of an
  2    automated external defibrillator grant program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6217YH 80
  5 rn/pj/5

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.26  AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
  1  2 DEFIBRILLATOR GRANT PROGRAM.
  1  3    The department shall establish and implement an automated
  1  4 external defibrillator grant program which provides matching
  1  5 funds to local boards of health, community organizations, or
  1  6 cities for the program after standards and requirements for
  1  7 the utilization of automated external defibrillator equipment,
  1  8 and training on the use of such equipment, are developed at
  1  9 the local level.  The objective of the program shall be to
  1 10 enhance the emergency response system in rural areas of the
  1 11 state where access to health care providers is often limited
  1 12 by providing increased access to automated external
  1 13 defibrillator equipment by rural emergency and community
  1 14 personnel.  A local board of health, community organization,
  1 15 or city may submit an application to the department for
  1 16 review.  The department shall establish criteria for the
  1 17 review and approval of grant applications by rule.  The amount
  1 18 of a grant shall not exceed fifty percent of the cost of the
  1 19 automated external defibrillator equipment to be distributed
  1 20 to the applicant and the training program to be administered
  1 21 by the applicant at the local level.  Each application shall
  1 22 include information demonstrating that the applicant will
  1 23 provide matching funds of fifty percent of the cost of the
  1 24 program.  Grant recipients shall submit an annual report to
  1 25 the department indicating automated external defibrillator
  1 26 equipment usage levels, patient outcomes, and number of
  1 27 individuals trained.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that the Iowa department of public
  1 30 health shall establish an automated external defibrillator
  1 31 grant program to assist in the distribution of automated
  1 32 external defibrillator equipment and providing training
  1 33 regarding equipment utilization.  The bill provides that the
  1 34 objective of the program shall be to enhance the emergency
  1 35 response system in rural areas of the state where access to
  2  1 health care providers is often limited by providing increased
  2  2 access to automated external defibrillator equipment by rural
  2  3 emergency and community personnel.  The bill provides that a
  2  4 local board of health, community organization, or city may
  2  5 submit an application to the department for review, which
  2  6 shall be subject to eligibility and approval criteria
  2  7 established by the department by rule.  The bill provides that
  2  8 the amount of a grant shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost
  2  9 of the automated external defibrillator equipment to be
  2 10 distributed and the training program to be administered at the
  2 11 local level, and that each application shall include
  2 12 information demonstrating that the applicant will provide
  2 13 matching funds of 50 percent of the cost of the program.  The
  2 14 bill provides that grant recipients shall submit an annual
  2 15 report to the department indicating automated external
  2 16 defibrillator equipment usage levels, patient outcomes, and
  2 17 number of individuals trained.
  2 18 LSB 6217YH 80
  2 19 rn/pj/5