| 15 | | - | An act relating to automated external defibrillators 2 |
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| 16 | | - | on school grounds; providing a short title; creating 3 |
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| 17 | | - | s. 1003.457, F.S.; requiring public schools, including 4 |
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| 18 | | - | charter schools, to have at least one automated 5 |
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| 19 | | - | external defibrillator on school grounds by a 6 |
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| 20 | | - | specified date; providing requirements for the 7 |
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| 21 | | - | placement and maintenance of the defibrillators; 8 |
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| 22 | | - | providing immunity from liability for school employees 9 |
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| 23 | | - | and volunteers under the Good Samaritan Act and the 10 |
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| 24 | | - | Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; requiring public schools, 11 |
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| 25 | | - | including charter schools, to annually report 12 |
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| 26 | | - | specified information to the Commissioner of 13 |
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| 27 | | - | Education; subject to appropriation, authorizing the 14 |
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| 28 | | - | Department of Education to reimburse school districts 15 |
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| 29 | | - | and charter schools for a portion of specified 16 |
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| 30 | | - | purchases; requiring the State Board of Education to 17 |
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| 31 | | - | adopt rules; providing an effective date. 18 |
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| 32 | | - | 19 |
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| 33 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 20 |
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| 35 | | - | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Kickstart My 22 |
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| 36 | | - | Heart Act." 23 |
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| 37 | | - | Section 2. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created 24 |
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| 38 | | - | to read: 25 |
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| 15 | + | An act relating to cardiac and medical emergencies on 2 |
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| 16 | + | school grounds; providing a short title; creating s. 3 |
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| 17 | + | 1003.457, F.S.; requiring each public school to have 4 |
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| 18 | + | at least one automated external defibrillator on 5 |
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| 19 | + | school grounds; providing requirements for such 6 |
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| 20 | + | defibrillators; encouraging public schools to have a 7 |
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| 21 | + | sufficient number of defibrillators on sc hool grounds, 8 |
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| 22 | + | as determined by the Department of Education, to allow 9 |
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| 23 | + | a person to retrieve one within a specified timeframe; 10 |
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| 24 | + | encouraging each public school to establish public and 11 |
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| 25 | + | private partnerships and seek gifts, grants, and other 12 |
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| 26 | + | donations for specifie d purposes; encouraging each 13 |
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| 27 | + | charter school and private school to have at least one 14 |
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| 28 | + | defibrillator on school grounds and to comply with 15 |
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| 29 | + | specified requirements; authorizing such schools to 16 |
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| 30 | + | utilize specified state contracts; requiring such 17 |
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| 31 | + | schools to be provided with certain protocols and 18 |
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| 32 | + | plans; providing immunity from liability for school 19 |
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| 33 | + | employees and students under the Good Samaritan Act 20 |
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| 34 | + | and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; requiring the 21 |
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| 35 | + | Department of Education to enter into statewide 22 |
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| 36 | + | contracts for specifie d purposes; requiring the 23 |
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| 37 | + | Commissioner of Education, at his or her sole 24 |
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| 38 | + | discretion, to create and disseminate specified 25 |
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| 51 | | - | 1003.457 Automated external defibrillators on school 26 |
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| 52 | | - | grounds.— 27 |
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| 53 | | - | (1)(a) No later than July 1, 2026, each public school, 28 |
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| 54 | | - | including charter schools, must have at least one operational 29 |
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| 55 | | - | automated external defibrillator on school grounds. The 30 |
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| 56 | | - | defibrillator must be available in a clearly marked and 31 |
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| 57 | | - | publicized location. Schools must maintain the defibrillator 32 |
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| 58 | | - | according to the manufactu rer's recommendations and maintain all 33 |
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| 59 | | - | verification records for such defibrillator. 34 |
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| 60 | | - | (b) The location of each defibrillator must be registered 35 |
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| 61 | | - | with a local emergency medical services medical director. 36 |
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| 62 | | - | (c) The use of defibrillators by school employees an d 37 |
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| 63 | | - | volunteers is covered under ss. 768.13 and 768.1325. 38 |
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| 64 | | - | (2) Annually, beginning June 30, 2027, each school 39 |
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| 65 | | - | district and charter school must report to the Commissioner of 40 |
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| 66 | | - | Education the number of instances a defibrillator was used on 41 |
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| 67 | | - | school grounds and the survival rate of individuals experiencing 42 |
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| 68 | | - | cardiac arrest. 43 |
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| 69 | | - | (3) Compliance with the requirements of s. 1006.165 does 44 |
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| 70 | | - | not constitute compliance with this section. 45 |
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| 71 | | - | (4) Subject to an appropriation, the department may 46 |
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| 72 | | - | reimburse each school district and chart er school up to 50 47 |
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| 73 | | - | percent of the total automated external defibrillator purchase 48 |
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| 74 | | - | price. 49 |
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| 75 | | - | (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to 50 |
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| 51 | + | protocols and plans relating to the use of 26 |
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| 52 | + | defibrillators in schools; requiring the State Board 27 |
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| 53 | + | of Education to adopt rules; providing a n effective 28 |
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| 54 | + | date. 29 |
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| 55 | + | 30 |
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| 56 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 31 |
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| 57 | + | 32 |
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| 58 | + | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "HeartCharged 33 |
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| 59 | + | Act." 34 |
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| 60 | + | Section 2. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created 35 |
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| 61 | + | to read: 36 |
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| 62 | + | 1003.457 Automated external defibrill ators on school 37 |
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| 63 | + | grounds.— 38 |
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| 64 | + | (1)(a) In addition to the requirements of s. 1006.165, 39 |
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| 65 | + | each public school must have at least one operational automated 40 |
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| 66 | + | external defibrillator on school grounds. Each defibrillator 41 |
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| 67 | + | must be stored in a location that is easily acce ssible to anyone 42 |
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| 68 | + | at any time during the school day and any other time students 43 |
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| 69 | + | are on school grounds, including outside of the school year. 44 |
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| 70 | + | Such defibrillator may not be placed in the school's athletic 45 |
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| 71 | + | facilities. Each defibrillator must have appropriate 46 |
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| 72 | + | accompanying signage, including, but not limited to, signage at 47 |
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| 73 | + | the defibrillator's exact location directing responders to the 48 |
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| 74 | + | building or room where the defibrillator is routinely kept. Each 49 |
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| 75 | + | defibrillator and all of its components must be maintained 50 |
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| 88 | | - | administer this section. 51 |
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| 89 | | - | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 52 |
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| 88 | + | according to the manufacturer's instructions and kept in proper 51 |
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| 89 | + | working order. Each school is encouraged to have or work towards 52 |
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| 90 | + | acquiring and placing a sufficient number of defibrillators on 53 |
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| 91 | + | school grounds, as determined by the Department of Education, to 54 |
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| 92 | + | allow a person to retrieve a defibrillator within 3 minutes 55 |
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| 93 | + | after a cardiac or medical emergency in which the use of a 56 |
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| 94 | + | defibrillator is needed anywhere on school grounds. Each school 57 |
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| 95 | + | is encouraged to establish public and private partnerships and 58 |
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| 96 | + | seek grants, gifts, and other donations to cover the costs 59 |
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| 97 | + | associated with the purchase, placement, and training in the use 60 |
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| 98 | + | of a defibrillator. 61 |
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| 99 | + | (b) Each charter school and private school is encouraged 62 |
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| 100 | + | to have at least one operational defibrillator on school grounds 63 |
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| 101 | + | and to meet the requirements of paragraph (a). A charter or 64 |
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| 102 | + | private school that elects to comply with this section may 65 |
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| 103 | + | utilize the statewide contracts under subsection (3) and will be 66 |
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| 104 | + | provided with all protocols for the deployment and 67 |
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| 105 | + | administration of defibr illators in schools as disseminated 68 |
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| 106 | + | pursuant to subsection (4). 69 |
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| 107 | + | (2) The use of defibrillators or cardiopulmonary 70 |
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| 108 | + | resuscitation by school employees or students is covered under 71 |
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| 109 | + | ss. 768.13 and 768.1325. 72 |
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| 110 | + | (3) The Department of Education shall enter into st atewide 73 |
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| 111 | + | contracts for defibrillators, pursuant to the updated 74 |
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| 112 | + | technologies and conveniences of available defibrillators on the 75 |
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| 121 | + | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 125 | + | market, to provide statewide discounts to schools and school 76 |
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| 126 | + | districts. 77 |
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| 127 | + | (4) The Commissioner of Education, at his or her sole 78 |
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| 128 | + | discretion, shall create and disseminate all of the following: 79 |
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| 129 | + | (a) The protocols for the deployment and administration of 80 |
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| 130 | + | defibrillators in schools. 81 |
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| 131 | + | (b) A comprehensive emergency action plan for the use of a 82 |
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| 132 | + | defibrillator. 83 |
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| 133 | + | (c) An education plan, which must include annual training 84 |
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| 134 | + | for school employees and students in the use of a defibrillator. 85 |
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| 135 | + | (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to 86 |
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| 136 | + | administer this section, including those necessary for the 87 |
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| 137 | + | protocols and plans created and disseminated u nder subsection 88 |
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| 138 | + | (4). 89 |
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| 139 | + | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 90 |
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