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SENATE BILL 299
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SB 434/16 – FIN CF HB 288
By: Senators Kramer, Feldman, Beidle, Jennings, Zucker, Smith, Klausmeier,
Hershey, Guzzone, Lam, Gile, and Hettleman
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2023
Assigned to: Finance
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Food Service Facilities – Automated External Defibrillator Program 2
(Joe Sheya Act) 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the owner and operator of a certain food service facility to 4
develop and, beginning on a certain date, implement an automated external 5
defibrillator program that meets certain requirements; requiring the Maryland 6
Department of Health and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services 7
Systems jointly to adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to an automated 8
external defibrillator program for food service facilities. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – Health – General 11
Section 21–330.3 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Health – General 17
21–330.3. 18
(A) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A FOOD SERVICE FACILIT Y THAT HAS 19
AN ANNUAL GROSS INCOM E OF $400,000 OR LESS. 20
(B) THE OWNER AND OPERATO R OF A FOOD SERVICE FACILITY SHALL 21
DEVELOP AND , BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2025, IMPLEMENT AN AUTOMAT ED 22
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLAT OR PROGRAM THAT MEET S THE REQUIREMENTS O F § 23 2 SENATE BILL 299
13–517 OF THE EDUCATION ARTICLE. 1
(C) THE DEPARTMENT AND THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR EMERGENCY 2
MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS JOINTLY SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TH AT: 3
(1) ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FO R PERIODIC INSPECTIO NS AND 4
ANNUAL MAINTENANCE O F THE AUTOMATED EXTE RNAL DEFIBRILLATORS ; AND 5
(2) ASSIST THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A FOOD S ERVICE FACILITY 6
IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS S ECTION. 7
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER E NACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8
October 1, 2023. 9