Cainaan Putuga Wendt Shock of Life Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in public or private secondary schools within their district, and (2) provide training to meet the grant requirement that at least five adult employees or volunteers at each school where a purchased AED is to be used are or will be certified in its use and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Requires LEA grant applicants also to demonstrate that: (1) the AEDs are integrated into the schools' emergency response procedures, and (2) emergency services personnel are notified of their locations.
Gives grant priority to LEAs that have secondary schools that: (1) lack an AED; (2) typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; and (3) generally have a longer wait for emergency medical services than other public facilities in the community.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6714 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6714
To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in
schools.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 27, 2012
Ms. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in
schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cainaan Putuga Wendt Shock of Life
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) nearly 95 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims pass
away before ever reaching a hospital;
(2) according to the American Academy of Pediatrics,
approximately 2,000 people under the age of 25 die from sudden
cardiac arrest in the United States each year; and
(3) on average, one high school student dies of cardiac
arrest every three days.
SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.
(a) Purposes.--The Secretary of Education shall carry out a program
under which the Secretary makes grants to local educational agencies,
to be used by the local educational agencies--
(1) to purchase automated external defibrillators for use
in eligible schools in the district of the local educational
agency; and
(2) to provide training to enable eligible schools in the
district of the local educational agency to meet the
requirements of subsection (e), but only if the automated
external defibrillators in use at such schools were acquired
through a grant under this Act.
(b) Grant Requirements.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this Act, a local educational agency--
(1) shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such form, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require;
(2) shall, except as provided in subsections (c) and (d),
provide funds from non-Federal sources equal to not less than
25 percent of the amount of the grant for the purpose of
carrying out this Act; and
(3) shall fulfill the requirements of subsection (e).
(c) Private Secondary Schools.--A local educational agency may
require an eligible school described in section 5(1)(B) to provide some
or all of the funds required under subsection (b)(2) of this section.
(d) Waiver.--The Secretary shall waive the requirement of
subsection (b)(2) for a local educational agency if the number of
children from families below the poverty level as counted under section
1124(c)(1)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6333(c)(1)(A)) is 20 percent or more of the total number of
children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, in the school district of the local
educational agency.
(e) Requirements for Eligible Schools.--A local educational agency
shall demonstrate to the Secretary that, for each eligible school at
which automated external defibrillators acquired under this Act are to
be used--
(1) there are at least 5 individuals at the eligible school
who--
(A) are employees or volunteers;
(B) are at least 18 years of age; and
(C) are certified, or will be certified, in the use
of automated external defibrillators, and in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, through training
conducted by the American Heart Association, the
American Red Cross, the National Safety Council, or
another nationally recognized organization offering
similar training programs with comparable standards;
(2) the eligible school will ensure the continuing
availability of individuals described in paragraph (1);
(3) local paramedics and other emergency services personnel
are notified where on school grounds the automated external
defibrillators are to be located; and
(4) the automated external defibrillators will be
integrated into the school's emergency response plan or
procedures.
SEC. 4. PRIORITY.
In making grants under this Act, the Secretary shall give priority
to local educational agencies that have within their district eligible
schools--
(1) that do not already have an automated external
defibrillator on school grounds;
(2) at which a significant number of students, staff, and
visitors are present on school grounds during a typical day;
and
(3) with respect to which the average time required for
emergency medical services (as defined in section 330J(f) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-15(f))) to reach
the school is greater than the average time for emergency
medical services to reach other public facilities in the
community.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Eligible school.--The term ``eligible school'' means--
(A) any secondary school as defined by section 9101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7801); or
(B) any private secondary school that receives
services or benefits provided under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et
seq.).
(2) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2019.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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