California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB868 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/17/2023

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 868Introduced by Senator Wilk(Coauthors: Senators Glazer, Jones, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Hoover and Schiavo)February 17, 2023 An act to add Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32045) to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to pupil safety. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 868, as introduced, Wilk. Pupil safety: trauma kits.Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, superintendent of schools, or the principal of a public or private school in the state to equip the school with a first aid kit whenever a pupil of the school is conducted or taken on a field trip, as specified.This bill, commencing with the 202425 school year and contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes, would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school to equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit, as defined. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32045) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 4.5. Trauma Kits32045. (a) Commencing with the 202425 school year, each local educational agency shall equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local education agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) (A) Trauma kit means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following:(i) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.(ii) One bleeding control bandage.(iii) One pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a marker.(iv) One pair of scissors.(v) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.(B) Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 868Introduced by Senator Wilk(Coauthors: Senators Glazer, Jones, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Hoover and Schiavo)February 17, 2023 An act to add Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32045) to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to pupil safety. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 868, as introduced, Wilk. Pupil safety: trauma kits.Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, superintendent of schools, or the principal of a public or private school in the state to equip the school with a first aid kit whenever a pupil of the school is conducted or taken on a field trip, as specified.This bill, commencing with the 202425 school year and contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes, would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school to equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit, as defined. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: YES 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill 

No. 868

Introduced by Senator Wilk(Coauthors: Senators Glazer, Jones, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Hoover and Schiavo)February 17, 2023

Introduced by Senator Wilk(Coauthors: Senators Glazer, Jones, and Umberg)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Hoover and Schiavo)
February 17, 2023

 An act to add Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32045) to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to pupil safety. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 868, as introduced, Wilk. Pupil safety: trauma kits.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, superintendent of schools, or the principal of a public or private school in the state to equip the school with a first aid kit whenever a pupil of the school is conducted or taken on a field trip, as specified.This bill, commencing with the 202425 school year and contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes, would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school to equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit, as defined. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, superintendent of schools, or the principal of a public or private school in the state to equip the school with a first aid kit whenever a pupil of the school is conducted or taken on a field trip, as specified.

This bill, commencing with the 202425 school year and contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes, would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school to equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit, as defined. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32045) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 4.5. Trauma Kits32045. (a) Commencing with the 202425 school year, each local educational agency shall equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local education agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) (A) Trauma kit means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following:(i) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.(ii) One bleeding control bandage.(iii) One pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a marker.(iv) One pair of scissors.(v) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.(B) Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32045) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 4.5. Trauma Kits32045. (a) Commencing with the 202425 school year, each local educational agency shall equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local education agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) (A) Trauma kit means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following:(i) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.(ii) One bleeding control bandage.(iii) One pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a marker.(iv) One pair of scissors.(v) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.(B) Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

SECTION 1. Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 32045) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

 Article 4.5. Trauma Kits32045. (a) Commencing with the 202425 school year, each local educational agency shall equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local education agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) (A) Trauma kit means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following:(i) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.(ii) One bleeding control bandage.(iii) One pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a marker.(iv) One pair of scissors.(v) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.(B) Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

 Article 4.5. Trauma Kits32045. (a) Commencing with the 202425 school year, each local educational agency shall equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local education agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) (A) Trauma kit means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following:(i) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.(ii) One bleeding control bandage.(iii) One pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a marker.(iv) One pair of scissors.(v) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.(B) Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

 Article 4.5. Trauma Kits

 Article 4.5. Trauma Kits

32045. (a) Commencing with the 202425 school year, each local educational agency shall equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit.(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Local education agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2) (A) Trauma kit means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following:(i) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.(ii) One bleeding control bandage.(iii) One pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a marker.(iv) One pair of scissors.(v) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.(B) Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.



32045. (a) Commencing with the 202425 school year, each local educational agency shall equip each classroom at each of its schoolsites with a trauma kit.

(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) Local education agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

(2) (A) Trauma kit means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following:

(i) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

(ii) One bleeding control bandage.

(iii) One pair of nonlatex protective gloves and a marker.

(iv) One pair of scissors.

(v) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the American Red Cross, the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, or any other partner of the United States Department of Defense.

(B) Medical materials and equipment similar to those described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) and any additional items that are approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency may be included as supplements in addition to the items described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) if they adequately treat a traumatic injury and can be stored in a readily available kit.

(c) The implementation of this section is contingent upon an appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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