1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education finance; appropriating money for public access automated
1.3 external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets; requiring a report.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; FAITH'S LAW.
1.6 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sum indicated in this section is
1.7appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal year
1.8designated.
1.9 Subd. 2.Public access automated external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets.(a)
1.10For a grant to the Minnesota State High School League for school districts to purchase,
1.11install, and operate public access automated external defibrillator (AED) smart monitored
1.12cabinets on school grounds:
2026.....$24,000,0001.13 $
1.14 (b) Grant money must be used to purchase and install up to 2,000 public access AED
1.15smart monitored cabinets, including fully connected AEDs with quick rescue, five years of
1.16AED smart monitoring and full maintenance, and miscellaneous accessories and actions in
1.17an AED package program supplied by Power to Save a Life, Advocates for Health, AED
1.18Smart Monitoring LLC, Avive Real Connect AED, or their equivalents. The AED units
1.19must be installed on school grounds and comply with public access AEDs as defined in
1.20Minnesota Statutes, section 403.51, subdivision 1.
1Section 1.
REVISOR CR/RC 25-0368302/17/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2473
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Perryman03/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance 2.1 (c) The Minnesota State High School League and the Anyone Can Save A Life program
2.2must mutually select school districts as grant award recipients from applicants that agree
2.3to the following:
2.4 (1) each AED unit purchased with grant money must be located outdoors or in an indoor
2.5facility that is always publicly accessible;
2.6 (2) the local, state, or federal agency that administers the land on which the AED unit
2.7is located must agree to the specific location where it is placed;
2.8 (3) the grant recipient must provide for the operation and maintenance of the AED unit
2.9for five years from installation without seeking additional state or local funding;
2.10 (4) the grant recipient must install, operate, and maintain the AED unit in a manner that
2.11accounts for typical weather and temperature conditions and ensures reliable operation in
2.12those conditions; and
2.13 (5) the grant recipient is responsible for compliance with the applicable requirements
2.14of Minnesota Statutes, section 403.51.
2.15 (d) By October 1, 2025, the Minnesota State High School League and the Anyone Can
2.16Save A Life program must begin accepting school district applications for installation of
2.17AED smart monitored cabinets on school district grounds and determine the per district
2.18allocation of grant money.
2.19 (e) By October 1, 2026, the Minnesota State High School League must report to the
2.20chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over
2.21kindergarten through grade 12 education on the grants awarded to school districts, money
2.22allocated to each recipient district, and number of AED units installed. The report must be
2.23filed in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
2.24 (f) This is a onetime appropriation.
2Section 1.
REVISOR CR/RC 25-0368302/17/25