Bill Text - SB523 (2018)

Requiring public school students to receive training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator device.


Revision: Jan. 9, 2018, 8:33 a.m.

SB 523-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2751

06/01

 

SENATE BILL 523-FN

 

AN ACT requiring public school students to receive training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator device.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. Campion, Graf. 12; Rep. W. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires a school board to incorporate cardiopulmonary resuscitation training into a school's health education class.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2751

06/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT requiring public school students to receive training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator device.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  School Boards; Studies.  Amend RSA 189:10 to read as follows:

189:10  Studies.  The school board shall ensure that health education and physical education are taught to pupils as part of the basic curriculum.  The school board shall ensure that all studies prescribed by the state board of education are thoroughly taught, especially physiology, hygiene, and health and physical education as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse as established in the definition of "abused child'' under RSA 169-C:3, II, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.  The school board shall require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to be incorporated into the health education class required of all pupils.  The CPR training shall at a minimum include an opportunity to practice and master psychomotor skill-based CPR and an overview of automated external defibrillator use.  The CPR training shall be in accordance with the requirements of the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or other nationally recognized training organization.  Formal certification of a pupil shall not be required.  The school board shall provide a waiver process for any pupil who is physically unable to perform CPR.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.  

 

LBAO

18-2751

12/29/17

 

SB 523-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT requiring public school students to receive training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator device.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [    ] State              [    ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

LOCAL:

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

   Revenue

$0

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$0

$0

   Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training be incorporated into the required health education class.  The training shall include an opportunity to practice and master psychomotor skill-based CPR and an overview of automated external defibrillator (AED) use.  The Department of Education assumes this bill would apply to public high schools and the training would be included as part of the program study of health required for high school graduation.  The Department further assumes one staff member from each public high school will need CPR/AED training (if currently there are no such individuals at the school) and this person would provide to students the training required under this bill.  While the exact cost of this bill cannot be estimated across all high schools, the Department has provided the following data for informational purposes:

Cost of Training Systems

Total # of Schools*

94

Average Cost for CPR/AED Training System

$500

Total Cost of CPR/AED Training Systems

$47,000

 

 

Cost of Instructor Training

Total # of Instructors (One Per School)

94

Average Cost for CPR/AED Training

$150

Total Cost for Training Instructors

$14,100

 

 

Cost of Student Instruction

Estimated # of Ninth Grade Students

14,291

Average Cost Per Student

$40

Total Cost of Student Instruction

$571,640

 

* Includes all public high schools, public high school academies, and public charter schools with high school enrollment

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education