Bill Text: FL S0250 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: First Aid for Severe Bleeding

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Health Policy [S0250 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S0250-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2021                                     SB 250
       
       
        
       By Senator Pizzo
       
       
       
       
       
       38-00606-21                                            2021250__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to first aid for severe bleeding;
    3         amending s. 768.1326, F.S.; requiring the State
    4         Surgeon General to adopt guidelines for the placement
    5         of bleeding control kits in state buildings; providing
    6         requirements for such guidelines and the placement of
    7         such kits in state buildings; amending s. 1001.42,
    8         F.S.; requiring district school boards to provide a
    9         bleeding control kit in every school within the school
   10         district; providing requirements for such kits;
   11         creating s. 1003.457, F.S.; requiring school districts
   12         to provide instruction for all students in first aid
   13         for severe bleeding; requiring students to study and
   14         practice skills associated with first aid for severe
   15         bleeding at least once before graduating from high
   16         school; requiring that the instruction be a part of a
   17         required curriculum and be based on certain programs;
   18         providing an exemption; creating s. 1012.5841, F.S.;
   19         requiring the Department of Education to develop a
   20         list of approved first aid for severe bleeding
   21         instructional programs for certain instructional
   22         personnel by a specified date; providing requirements
   23         for such list; requiring the department to incorporate
   24         such training programs into existing continuing
   25         education or inservice training for such personnel by
   26         a specified school year; prohibiting such requirements
   27         from adding to the total hours required for such
   28         education and training; authorizing the State Board of
   29         Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date.
   30          
   31  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   32  
   33         Section 1. Section 768.1326, Florida Statutes, is amended
   34  to read:
   35         768.1326 Placement of automated external defibrillator
   36  devices and bleeding control kits defibrillators in state
   37  buildings; rulemaking authority.—The State Surgeon General shall
   38  adopt rules to establish guidelines on the appropriate placement
   39  of automated external defibrillator devices and bleeding control
   40  kits in buildings or portions of buildings owned or leased by
   41  the state, and shall establish, by rule, recommendations on
   42  procedures for the deployment of automated external
   43  defibrillator devices and bleeding control kits in such
   44  buildings in accordance with the guidelines. The Secretary of
   45  Management Services shall assist the State Surgeon General in
   46  the development of the guidelines. The guidelines for the
   47  placement of the automated external defibrillator devices and
   48  bleeding control kits defibrillators shall take into account the
   49  typical number of employees and visitors in the buildings, the
   50  extent of the need for security measures regarding the
   51  buildings, special circumstances in buildings or portions of
   52  buildings such as high electrical voltages or extreme heat or
   53  cold, and such other factors as the State Surgeon General and
   54  Secretary of Management Services determine to be appropriate.
   55  The State Surgeon General’s recommendations for deployment of
   56  automated external defibrillator devices and bleeding control
   57  kits defibrillators in buildings or portions of buildings owned
   58  or leased by the state shall include:
   59         (1) A reference list of appropriate training courses in the
   60  use of such devices and kits, including the role of
   61  cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
   62         (2) The extent to which such devices and kits may be used
   63  by laypersons;
   64         (3) Manufacturer recommended maintenance and testing of the
   65  devices and, if appropriate, kits; and
   66         (4) Coordination with local emergency medical services
   67  systems regarding the incidents of use of the devices and kits.
   68  
   69  In formulating these guidelines and recommendations, the State
   70  Surgeon General may consult with all appropriate public and
   71  private entities, including national and local public health
   72  organizations that seek to improve the survival rates of
   73  individuals who experience cardiac arrest or injuries that would
   74  require a bleeding control kit.
   75         Section 2. Present subsection (28) of section 1001.42,
   76  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (29), and a new
   77  subsection (28) is added to that section, to read:
   78         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
   79  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
   80  powers and perform all duties listed below:
   81         (28)BLEEDING CONTROL KITS.—Provide at least one bleeding
   82  control kit in every school within the school district. The
   83  bleeding control kit must include, at a minimum, a tourniquet,
   84  trauma dressings, gauze, two pairs of nitrile gloves, trauma
   85  shears, and instructions.
   86         Section 3. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created
   87  to read:
   88         1003.457Instruction in first aid for severe bleeding.—
   89         (1)Each school district shall provide instruction for all
   90  students in first aid for severe bleeding. The students shall
   91  study and practice the skills associated with first aid for
   92  severe bleeding at least once before graduating from high
   93  school. The instruction must be a part of the physical education
   94  curriculum or another required curriculum selected by the school
   95  district.
   96         (2)The required instruction must be based on an
   97  instructional program established by the American Red Cross or
   98  another nationally recognized program that uses the most current
   99  evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
  100         (3)A student with a disability, as defined in s. 1007.02,
  101  is exempt from the requirements of this section.
  102         Section 4. Section 1012.5841, Florida Statutes, is created
  103  to read:
  104         1012.5841Continuing education and inservice training for
  105  first aid for severe bleeding.—
  106         (1)By July 1, 2022, the Department of Education shall
  107  develop a list of approved first aid for severe bleeding
  108  instructional programs for instructional personnel in elementary
  109  school, middle school, and high school. The approved list must
  110  include instructional programs established by the American Red
  111  Cross or another nationally recognized program that uses the
  112  most current evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
  113         (2)Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the
  114  Department of Education shall incorporate the first aid for
  115  severe bleeding instructional programs into existing
  116  requirements for the continuing education or inservice training
  117  of instructional personnel. The requirements of this section may
  118  not add to the total hours required for continuing education or
  119  inservice training as currently established by the department.
  120         (3)The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
  121  implement this section.
  122         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.

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