| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 55 0412 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 118 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Townsend of the 179 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Mathiak of the 82 |
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| 6 | 6 | | nd |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Hawkins of the 27 |
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| 8 | 8 | | th |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Kelley |
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| 10 | 10 | | of the 16 |
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| 11 | 11 | | th |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Newton of the 127 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early |
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| 19 | 19 | | care and learning, so as to revise the requirements of child care learning centers and family2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | child care learning homes; to require that such centers and homes maintain at least one3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | portable airway clearance device; to require that certain employees of such centers and4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | homes be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); to provide for a definition; to5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | for other purposes.7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1.9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Chapter 1A of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to early care and10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | learning, is amended in Code Section 20-1A-2, relating to definitions, by adding a new11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | paragraph to read as follows:12 |
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| 30 | 30 | | "(10.1) 'Portable airway clearance device' means a portable medical device that uses |
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| 31 | 31 | | 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | manually created suction to remove a blockage from the airway during a choking14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | emergency."15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | H. B. 118 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Said chapter is further amended in Code Section 20-1A-10, relating to regulation of early17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | care and education programs, by adding a new subsection to read as follows:18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | "(g.1) Child care learning centers and family child care learning homes shall: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) Maintain on the premises of such center or home at least one portable airway20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | clearance device; and21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) Ensure that each employee of such center or home who cares for or supervises22 |
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| 45 | 45 | | children at such center or home is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)23 |
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| 46 | 46 | | within 45 days of beginning his or her employment with such center or home."24 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3.25 |
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| 48 | 48 | | This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law26 |
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| 49 | 49 | | without such approval.27 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 4.28 |
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| 51 | 51 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.29 |
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| 52 | 52 | | H. B. 118 |
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| 53 | 53 | | - 2 - |
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