Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 430
       
       
        
       By Senator Simon
       
       
       
       
       
       3-01406-25                                             2025430__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to automated external defibrillators
    3         on school grounds; providing a short title; creating
    4         s. 1003.457, F.S.; requiring public schools, including
    5         charter schools, to have at least one operational
    6         automated external defibrillator on school grounds by
    7         a specified date; providing requirements for the
    8         placement and maintenance of the defibrillators;
    9         providing immunity from liability for school employees
   10         and volunteers under the Good Samaritan Act and the
   11         Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; requiring school
   12         districts and charter schools to annually report
   13         specified information to the Commissioner of
   14         Education; subject to appropriation, authorizing the
   15         Department of Education to reimburse school districts
   16         and charter schools for a portion of specified
   17         purchases; requiring the State Board of Education to
   18         adopt rules; providing an effective date.
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   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Kickstart My Heart
   23  Act.”
   24         Section 2. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created
   25  to read:
   26         1003.457 Automated external defibrillators on school
   27  grounds.—
   28         (1)(a) No later than July 1, 2027, each public school,
   29  including charter schools, must have at least one operational
   30  automated external defibrillator on school grounds. The
   31  defibrillator must be available in a clearly marked and
   32  publicized location. Schools must maintain the defibrillator
   33  according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and maintain all
   34  verification records for such defibrillator.
   35         (b) The location of each defibrillator must be registered
   36  with a local emergency medical services medical director.
   37         (c) The use of defibrillators by school employees and
   38  volunteers is covered under ss. 768.13 and 768.1325.
   39         (2) Annually, beginning June 30, 2028, each school district
   40  and charter school must report to the Commissioner of Education
   41  the number of instances a defibrillator was used on school
   42  grounds and the survival rate of individuals experiencing
   43  cardiac arrest.
   44         (3) Compliance with the requirements of s. 1006.165 does
   45  not constitute compliance with this section.
   46         (4) Subject to an appropriation, the department may
   47  reimburse each school district and charter school up to 50
   48  percent of the total automated external defibrillator purchase
   49  price.
   50         (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
   51  administer this section.
   52         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.