Summary of Original VersionAmend KRS 158.162 to direct local boards of education to require schools to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in every middle and high school building and at school-sponsored events; require local boards to adopt policies and procedures for portable automated external defibrillators and ensure training requirements are met; amend KRS 158.302 to conform; amend KRS 160.445 to require all interscholastic coaches to be trained in CPR and use of portable automated external defibrillators; require all schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to maintain a portable automated external defibrillator at every practice or competition and meet training requirements; require venue-specific emergency plans to identify the location of a portable automated external defibrillator and the procedures for use; require schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to annually certify compliance with portable automated external defibrillator requirements and venue-specific emergency plan requirements.
Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1Summary
Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.162 to require an emergency plan to include a cardiac emergency response plan and identify the locations of each AED; require the emergency plan to be provided to all school staff; require the school nurse to participate in the review of the emergency plan, require the emergency plan to be rehearsed by simulation by designated individuals prior to the beginning of each athletic season; require school boards to ensure that all interscholastic athletic coaches maintain a cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification recognized by a national accrediting body on heart health; require development of an event-specific emergency action plan for each off-campus school-sanctioned event; set a deadline for compliance of July 1, 2025; provide that a district with a school not in compliance by July 1, 2025, shall not be eligible for new building construction or expansion; amend KRS 160.445 to require all interscholastic athletic coaches to be trained in AED use and certified in CPR; require event-specific emergency action plans to be rehearsed by simulation prior to the beginning of each athletic season.
Summary of Amendment: House Committee Amendment 1 -- K. TimoneySummary
Make title amendment.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- K. MoserSummary
Retain all original provisions; specify that an event-specific emergency action plan is only required for nonathletic events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the School AED Fund administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and establish the purpose thereof; amend 160.445 to require all interscholastic coaches to be trained in CPR and use of portable automated external defibrillators; provide that the bill is passed in memory of Cameron Baston, Matthew Mangine, and Star Ifeacho; APPROPRIATION.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- K. MoserSummary
Provide that portable automated external defibrillators may be assigned to off-campus school events.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1Summary
Retain original provisions, except remove requirement for an AED at all athletic practices and competitions; establish a public school reporting requirement relating to AEDs.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 158.162, 158.302, 160.445
Acts Chapter 165: 158.162, 158.302, 160.445
House Committee Substitute 1: 158.162, 158.302, 160.445
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 158.162, 158.302, 160.445
Current: 158.162, 158.302, 160.445