VirginiaPublic elementary and secondary schools; cardiac emergency response plans required.
What it does
Public elementary and secondary schools; cardiac emergency response plans required; grant program established. Requires each public elementary or secondary school to develop a cardiac emergency response plan (CERP) that addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual who is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds and, in the event that such school has an athletic department or organized athletic program, while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event. The bill requires each such CERP to integrate nationally recognized evidence-based core elements such as those recommended by the American Heart Association guidelines and to integrate certain provisions and guidelines, including those relating to establishing a cardiac emergency response team, activating such team in response to a sudden cardiac event, and integrating the CERP into the local community's emergency medical services response protocols.
More detail
The bill also requires, with such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose pursuant to the general appropriation act, the Department to establish and administer the CERP Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants, on a competitive basis, to any public elementary or secondary school to assist such school in the development or implementation of its CERP or in the purchase or funding of activities or equipment that further promotes CERP preparedness, giving priority to certain high-need schools.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Mar 4Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 28Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 28Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 27Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 27Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- Feb 23Assigned Education sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 13Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Placed on Calendar
- Feb 5Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 1Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 1Impact statement from DPB (SB181)
- Jan 31Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 18Rereferred to Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 18Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 10Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102513DIntroduced