SF 2474 (LSB 6559SZ (3) 91)

SENATE FILE 2474

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2390)
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2092)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the department of education to prepare a report related to cardiac emergency response plans and automated external defibrillators and submit the report to the general assembly.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR AND CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS —— REPORT.
   1.  As used in this section:
   a.  “Automated external defibrillator” means a lightweight, portable device that delivers an electric shock through the chest to the heart to stop an irregular heartbeat and allow normal heartbeat rhythm to resume following cardiac arrest.
   b.  “Cardiac emergency response plan” means a written document that establishes the specific steps to be taken by employees or contractors of a school to respond to incidents involving an individual experiencing cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency on school property, during physical education, during an extracurricular athletic activity or contest, during practice associated with an extracurricular athletic activity or contest, or during a school-sponsored activity, and to reduce the likelihood of the individual’s death from cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency.
   c.  “School” means all of the following:
   (1)  A school district organized pursuant to chapter 274.
   (2)  An accredited nonpublic school.
   (3)  A charter school established pursuant to chapter 256E.
   (4)  A charter school or innovation zone school established pursuant to chapter 256F.
   2.  The department of education, in coordination with each school, shall prepare a report that includes information related to all of the following:
   a.  The number of schools that have adopted and implemented a cardiac emergency response plan.
   b.  The number of automated external defibrillators owned by each school and where each automated external defibrillator is located on such school’s property.
   3.  The department of education shall submit the report described in subsection 2 to the general assembly on or before January 15, 2027.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of education to prepare a report that includes information related to the number of schools that have adopted and implemented a cardiac emergency response plan and the number of automated external defibrillators owned by each school and where each automated external defibrillator is located on such school’s property. The department of education is required to submit the report to the general assembly on or before January 15, 2027. The bill defines “automated external defibrillator”, “cardiac emergency response plan”, and “school”.