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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2609 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2250
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Edward R. Philips
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk1/19/2023Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk2/1/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex2/1/2023Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden2/1/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/3/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex2/9/2023Denise C. Garlick13th Norfolk2/15/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2609 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2250
By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2250) of
Edward R. Philips and others for legislation to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest by
providing additional safeguards and resources. Public Health.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 18B of chapter 6A, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the figure "11" and inserting in place thereof
3the following figure:- “13”.
4 SECTION 2. Said subsection (b) of section 18B of chapter 6A, as so appearing, is
5hereby amended in line 42, by inserting after the words “Massachusetts Ambulance Association”
6the following words:- “, 1 of whom shall be a physician with a specialty in emergency
7medicine”;
8 and further in lines 42 through 44, by striking out “and 1 of whom shall be a manager or
9supervisor of a PSAP and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication
10Supervisors Association” and inserting in place thereof the following language:-
11 “1 of whom shall be a sitting manager or supervisor of a PSAP serving a population of
12less than 50,000 people and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication 2 of 2
13Supervisors Association and 1 of whom shall be a sitting manager or supervisor of a PSAP
14serving a population of more than 50,000 people and a nominated representative of the
15Massachusetts Communication Supervisors Association.”
16 SECTION 3. Subsection (g) of said section 18B of said chapter 6A, as so appearing, is
17hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-
18 The commission shall establish rules requiring PSAPs to complete quality assurance and
19quality improvement (QA/QI) processes for their telecommunicator CPR instructions, in
20accordance with nationally recognized standards, and provide procedures to report annually to
21the commission compliance and may adjust state grant or shared revenue amounts based on
22failure to comply with such rules.
23 SECTION 4. Section 12V ½ of chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
24adding the following in subsections:-
25 (d) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an AED registry shall be
26established for the purpose of allowing local 911 telecommunicator to locate accessible AEDs.
27Any AED used in a public access defibrillation program shall register the device through the
28PSAP medical control director (MCD).
29 (e) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, signage located
30throughout buildings shall clearly indicate AED locations.
31 SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department
32of public health shall include sudden cardiac arrest as a reportable disease.