Florida Senate - 2024 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 830
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/16/2024 .
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The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Collins) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Before line 12
4 insert:
5 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “HeartCharged Act.”
6 Section 2. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created
7 to read:
8 1003.457 Automated external defibrillators on school
9 grounds.—
10 (1)(a) In addition to the requirements of s. 1006.165, each
11 public school must have at least one operational automated
12 external defibrillator on school grounds. Each defibrillator
13 must be placed according to guidelines set by an organization
14 focused on emergency cardiovascular care, including placement in
15 a location that is unlocked and easily accessible to anyone at
16 any time, including outside of the school year. Such
17 defibrillator may not be placed in the school’s athletic
18 facilities. Each defibrillator must have appropriate
19 accompanying signage, including, but not limited to, signage at
20 the defibrillator’s exact location directing responders to the
21 building or room where the defibrillator is routinely kept. Each
22 defibrillator and all of its components must be maintained
23 according to the manufacturer’s instructions and kept in proper
24 working order. Each school is encouraged to have or work towards
25 acquiring and placing a sufficient number of defibrillators on
26 school grounds, as determined by the Cardiac Emergency Response
27 Plan, to allow a person to retrieve a defibrillator within 3
28 minutes after a cardiac or medical emergency in which the use of
29 a defibrillator is needed anywhere on school grounds. Each
30 school is encouraged to establish public and private
31 partnerships and seek grants, gifts, and other donations to
32 cover the costs associated with the purchase, placement, and
33 training in the use of a defibrillator.
34 (b) Each charter school and private school is encouraged to
35 have at least one operational defibrillator on school grounds
36 and to meet the requirements of paragraph (a). A charter or
37 private school that elects to comply with this section may
38 utilize the statewide contracts under subsection (3) and will be
39 provided with all protocols for the deployment and
40 administration of defibrillators in schools, as disseminated
41 pursuant to subsection (4).
42 (2) The use of defibrillators or cardiopulmonary
43 resuscitation are immune from civil liability, pursuant to ss.
44 768.13 and 768.1325, also known as the Good Samaritan Act and
45 the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act, respectively.
46 (3) The Department of Education shall enter into statewide
47 contracts for defibrillators, pursuant to the updated
48 technologies and conveniences of available defibrillators on the
49 market, to provide statewide discounts to schools and school
50 districts.
51 (4) The Commissioner of Education, at his or her sole
52 discretion, shall create and disseminate all of the following:
53 (a) The protocols for the deployment and administration of
54 defibrillators in schools.
55 (b) A Cardiac Emergency Response Plan in accordance with
56 guidelines set by nationally recognized, evidence-based
57 standards to be developed by each school which addresses the
58 appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents
59 involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a
60 similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds.
61 (c) Appropriate school staff must be trained in first aid,
62 cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and automated external
63 defibrillator use that follows evidence-based guidelines set
64 forth by an organization focused on emergency cardiovascular
65 care.
66 (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
67 administer this section, including those necessary for the
68 protocols and plans created and disseminated under subsection
69 (4).
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72 And the title is amended as follows:
73 Delete line 2
74 and insert:
75 An act relating to student cardiac and medical
76 emergencies; providing a short title; creating s.
77 1003.457, F.S.; requiring each public school to have
78 at least one automated external defibrillator on
79 school grounds; providing requirements for such
80 defibrillators; encouraging public schools to have a
81 sufficient number of defibrillators on school grounds,
82 as determined by the Cardiac Emergency Response Plan,
83 to allow a person to retrieve one within a specified
84 timeframe; encouraging each public school to establish
85 public and private partnerships and seek gifts,
86 grants, and other donations for specified purposes;
87 encouraging each charter school and private school to
88 have at least one defibrillator on school grounds and
89 to comply with specified requirements; authorizing
90 such schools to utilize specified state contracts;
91 requiring that such schools be provided with certain
92 protocols and plans; providing immunity from liability
93 for school employees and students under the Good
94 Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act;
95 requiring the Department of Education to enter into
96 statewide contracts for specified purposes; requiring
97 the Commissioner of Education, at his or her sole
98 discretion, to create and disseminate specified
99 protocols and plans relating to the use of
100 defibrillators in schools; requiring the State Board
101 of Education to adopt rules; amending