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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0238 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001494 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $105,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | OF HEALTH TO IMPLEMENT CARDIOPULMONARY R ESUSCITATION (CPR) |
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| 17 | 17 | | TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOLS |
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| 18 | 18 | | Introduced By: Senators Tikoian, LaMountain, Picard, and F. Lombardi |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death; and 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, More than 350,000 people experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | every year, and only 1 in 10 survive, most likely because they received timely CPR; and 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, About 90 percent of people who experience cardiac arrest outside of a 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | hospital will die; and 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Given right away, CPR doubles or triples survival rates; and 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHERAS, Cardiac arrest is reversible if it's treated within a few minutes; and 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Training early and often - starting with middle and high school students - 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | supports the concept of CPR and AED training across the lifespan, creating a culture of action 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | that prepares and motivates lay responders to take action immediately upon witnessing a cardiac 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | arrest; and 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Island requires that students are trained in CPR before graduation. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Public funding is essential in order to ensure that all schools have the available resources needed 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | to establish and implement CPR training programs for high school students; now, therefore be it 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of one hundred five thousand 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | dollars ($105,000) to the RI Department of Health to implement CPR training in high schools; 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | treasurer for the payment of said sum, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 52 | 52 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 53 | 53 | | OF |
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| 54 | 54 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 55 | 55 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $105,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT |
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| 56 | 56 | | OF HEALTH TO IMPLEMENT CARDIOPULMONARY R ESUSCITATION (CPR) |
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| 57 | 57 | | TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOLS |
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| 58 | 58 | | *** |
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| 59 | 59 | | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $105,000 to the Rhode 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Island Department of Health to implement CPR in High Schools. 2 |
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