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OLR Bill Analysis
HB 7200
AN ACT CONCERNING BLEEDING CONTROL TRAINING AND KITS.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Department of Emergency Services and Public
Protection (DESPP) to administer a bleeding control training program
in each district health department. The program must provide
certification in bleeding control training and be offered at least once
every three years, starting by July 1, 2026. To do so, the department may
contract with a nongovernmental entity that provides this training.
The bill grants police officers, police probationary candidates, and
firefighters who receive certification through the bleeding control
training program credit for the training towards basic or review police
training requirements and fire service training and education program
standards, respectively.
Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Administrative
Services (DAS) commissioner, by July 1, 2026, to ensure that at least one
bleeding control kit is installed on each floor of every building the state
or its political subdivisions own. Similarly, it requires the next
amendments to the State Building Code to include a requirement that at
least one bleeding control kit is installed on each floor of newly
constructed or substantially renovated public buildings and other
specified public locations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2025, except the State Building Code
provision is effective upon passage.
BLEEDING CONTROL TRA INING PROGRAM
The bill requires DESPP to administer a bleeding control training
program in each district health department. The program must (1) use a
training model developed by the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) 2025HB-07200-R000475-BA.DOCX
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Committee on Trauma and (2) provide certification in bleeding control
training that allows participants to provide bleeding control training to
other people after completing the training program.
Under the bill, each district health director must determine the
program’s eligibility criteria. Participants must be members of the
following groups within the district:
1. employees of the district health department, youth service
bureaus, municipal social service agencies, and schools, and any
other municipal employees;
2. employees and volunteers of youth-serving organizations and
youth athletic activities operated by businesses, nonprofits, or a
municipality; and
3. members of local police departments, local and regional school
boards, and paid municipal or volunteer fire departments.
The bill requires at least one health district employee to receive
certification in bleeding control through the training program.
It also allows school employees (e.g., teachers, administrators,
paraeducators, nurses, and social workers) to participate in the bleeding
control training program as part of an in-service training program
already required by law.
Under the bill, anyone who completes the program and has a valid
certification may provide bleeding control training to anyone listed in
the groups above as well as the public.
BLEEDING CONTROL KIT LOCATIONS
State Buildings
The bill requires the DAS commissioner, by July 1, 2026, to ensure
that at least one bleeding control kit is installed on each floor level of
every building the state or its political subdivisions own. The kit must
be centrally located, clearly visible, and easily accessible.
Under the bill, a “bleeding control kit” is a set of materials used to 2025HB-07200-R000475-BA.DOCX
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give first aid to a person suffering from a serious bleed, including
tourniquets, chest seals, compression bandages, bleeding control
bandages, emergency blankets, latex-free gloves, markers, and scissors.
It also includes instructional documents developed by ACS, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, or a similar organization or agency
that describes methods to prevent blood loss following a traumatic
event.
Public Buildings
The bill requires the state building inspector and the Codes and
Standards Committee to jointly, with the DAS commissioner’s approval,
include in the State Building Code’s next adopted amendments (after
the bill passes) a requirement that at least one bleeding control kit is
installed on each floor of a newly constructed or substantially renovated
(1) public building, (2) place of public accommodation, and (3) resort or
amusement. The kit must be centrally located, clearly visible, and easily
accessible.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Public Safety and Security Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 29 Nay 0 (03/18/2025)