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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025
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A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS
REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY
ACT
Introduced By: Representatives Fellela, Serpa, Messier, Corvese, Ackerman, and
Caldwell
Date Introduced: January 16, 2025
Referred To: House Health & Human Services
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "David Casey Act". 1
SECTION 2. Section 23-6.5-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-6.5 entitled "Automated 2
External Defibrillators Required at Public Places and Healthcare Facilities" is hereby amended to 3
read as follows: 4
23-6.5-4. Definitions. 5
The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: 6
(1) “Healthcare facility” means any healthcare facility licensed by the department of health 7
including any institutional health-service provider, facility, or institution, place, building, agency, 8
or portion thereof, whether a partnership or corporation, whether public or private, whether 9
organized for profit or not, used, operated, or engaged in providing healthcare services, including, 10
but not limited to: hospitals; nursing facilities; rehabilitation centers; kidney disease treatment 11
centers; health maintenance organizations; and facilities providing surgical treatment to patients 12
not requiring hospitalization (surgi-centers); hospice care; and physician ambulatory-surgery 13
centers and podiatry ambulatory-surgery centers providing surgical treatment. The term “healthcare 14
facility” also includes organized ambulatory-care facilities that are not part of a hospital but that 15
are organized and operated to provide healthcare services to outpatients, such as: central-services 16
facilities serving more than one healthcare facility or healthcare provider; treatment centers; 17
diagnostic centers; outpatient clinics; infirmaries and health centers; school-based health centers; 18
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and neighborhood health centers. The term “healthcare facility” also includes a practitioner’s 1
(physician, dentist, or other healthcare provider) office or group of practitioners’ offices (whether 2
owned and/or operated by a hospital or an affiliate of a hospital or an individual practitioner, alone 3
or as a member of a partnership, professional service corporation, organization, or association). 4
(2) “Public place” means an enclosed area capable of holding three hundred (300) people 5
or more and to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including, but not 6
limited to: banks; bars; educational facilities; laundromats; public or private golf courses; public 7
transportation facilities; reception areas; restaurants; retail food production and marketing 8
establishments; retail service establishments; retail stores; shopping malls; sports arenas; 9
government offices; theaters; and waiting rooms. A private residence is not a “public place” unless 10
it is used as a childcare or adult daycare facility. 11
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 12
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS
REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY
ACT
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This act would require public or private golf courses to have an automated external 1
defibrillator on the premises. 2
This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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