HLS 20RS-725 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 169
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
SCHOOLS: Provides relative to first aid training for public school employees
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:440.1(B), relative to public school employees; to require that
3 training in the use of a tourniquet be a component of first aid training of such
4 employees; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:440.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง440.1. School employees; first aid training; policies
8 * * *
9 B. Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall adopt a policy
10 to require that each school employee who participates in any required in-service
11 training program shall receive first aid orientation and training, which shall include
12 training on the use of tourniquets.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 169 Original 2020 Regular Session Hodges
Abstract: Requires that first aid training for public school employees cover the use of
tourniquets.
Present law requires each local public school board to adopt a policy to require that each
school employee who participates in any required in-service training program receive first
aid orientation and training. Proposed law requires that first aid orientation and training
pursuant to present law include training on the use of tourniquets.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 20RS-725 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 169
(Amends R.S. 17:440.1(B))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.