Senate File 2135 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY KIBBIE
(COMPANION TO LSB 5995HH
BY FOEGE)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring automated external defibrillators in all public
2 and nonpublic schools.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 280.16A CARDIAC AUTOMATED
1 2 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.
1 3 1. As used in this section, "automated external
1 4 defibrillator" means a portable device used to restore normal
1 5 rhythm to a patient in cardiac arrest by analyzing the
1 6 patient's heart rhythm and determining whether a shock is
1 7 needed to restore a normal heart beat.
1 8 2. The board of directors of each public school district
1 9 and authorities in charge of nonpublic schools shall locate at
1 10 least one automated external defibrillator in every school
1 11 that is accessible at all times for use during school hours,
1 12 after school activities, school=sponsored events, and other
1 13 events held at the school or on school grounds. School
1 14 officials are responsible for the care and maintenance of the
1 15 automated external defibrillator including but not limited to
1 16 periodic service checks and battery replacement.
1 17 3. School districts may use available state appropriations
1 18 or private or other funds for the purchase of automated
1 19 external defibrillators and training of school officials and
1 20 others to use the devices. The department of education shall
1 21 determine training standards.
1 22 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
1 23 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
1 24 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
1 25 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
1 26 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
1 27 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
1 28 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
1 29 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
1 30 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
1 31 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
1 32 EXPLANATION
1 33 This bill provides for the placement of an automated
1 34 external defibrillator in every public and nonpublic school in
1 35 the state. An automated external defibrillator is a portable
2 1 device used to restore normal rhythm to a patient in cardiac
2 2 arrest by analyzing the patient's heart rhythm and determining
2 3 whether a shock is needed to restore a normal heart beat.
2 4 The bill requires that the board of directors of each
2 5 public school district and authorities in charge of nonpublic
2 6 schools shall locate at least one automated external
2 7 defibrillator in every school that is accessible at all times
2 8 for use during school hours, after school activities,
2 9 school=sponsored events, and other events held at the school
2 10 or on school grounds. School officials are responsible for
2 11 the care and maintenance of the automated external
2 12 defibrillator.
2 13 School districts may use available state appropriations and
2 14 private and other funds for the purchase of automated external
2 15 defibrillators and the training of school officials and others
2 16 to use the devices. The department of education is required
2 17 to determine the training standards.
2 18 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 19 section 25B.2. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 20 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 21 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 22 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
2 23 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
2 24 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
2 25 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
2 26 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
2 27 state mandates included in the bill.
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