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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0475 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001384 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL D EFIBRILLATORS |
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| 16 | 16 | | REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Dimitri, Ciccone, Thompson, Britto, LaMountain, Raptakis, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Appollonio, Patalano, Burke, and McKenney |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Section 23-6.5-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-6.5 entitled "Automated 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | External Defibrillators Required at Public Places and Healthcare Facilities" is hereby amended to 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | read as follows: 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 23-6.5-4. Definitions. 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) “Healthcare facility” means any healthcare facility licensed by the department of health 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | including any institutional health-service provider, facility, or institution, place, building, agency, 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or portion thereof, whether a partnership or corporation, whether public or private, whether 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | organized for profit or not, used, operated, or engaged in providing healthcare services, including, 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | but not limited to: hospitals; nursing facilities; rehabilitation centers; kidney disease treatment 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | centers; health maintenance organizations; and facilities providing surgical treatment to patients 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | not requiring hospitalization (surgi-centers); hospice care; and physician ambulatory-surgery 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | centers and podiatry ambulatory-surgery centers providing surgical treatment. The term “healthcare 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | facility” also includes organized ambulatory-care facilities that are not part of a hospital but that 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | are organized and operated to provide healthcare services to outpatients, such as: central-services 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | facilities serving more than one healthcare facility or healthcare provider; treatment centers; 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | diagnostic centers; outpatient clinics; infirmaries and health centers; school-based health centers; 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and neighborhood health centers. The term “healthcare facility” also includes a practitioner’s 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (physician, dentist, or other healthcare provider) office or group of practitioners’ offices (whether 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | owned and/or operated by a hospital or an affiliate of a hospital or an individual practitioner, alone 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | or as a member of a partnership, professional service corporation, organization, or association). 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) “Public place” means an enclosed area capable of holding three hundred (300) people 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | or more and to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, including, but not 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | limited to: banks; bars; educational facilities; laundromats; public or private golf courses; public 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | transportation facilities; reception areas; restaurants; retail food production and marketing 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | establishments; retail service establishments; retail stores; shopping malls; sports arenas; 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | government offices; theaters; and waiting rooms. A private residence is not a “public place” unless 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | it is used as a childcare or adult daycare facility. 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 11 |
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| 62 | 62 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 63 | 63 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 64 | 64 | | OF |
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| 65 | 65 | | A N A C T |
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| 66 | 66 | | RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS |
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| 67 | 67 | | REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES |
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| 68 | 68 | | *** |
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| 69 | 69 | | This act would require public or private golf courses to have an automated external 1 |
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| 70 | 70 | | defibrillator on the premises. 2 |
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| 71 | 71 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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