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CA SB687
Bill
AI Summary
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Defines "trauma kit" as a first aid response kit containing specified items including one tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, one bleeding control bandage, protective gloves, a marker, scissors, and instructional documents from approved sources.
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Extends "Good Samaritan Law" protections to lay rescuers and persons who render emergency care using trauma kits, and applies liability protections to entities providing trauma kit training and certification.
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Requires persons or entities supplying trauma kits to provide complete information governing use, installation, operation, training, and maintenance of the kits.
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Mandates that managers of occupied structures with 200+ occupants (or 300+ for assembly buildings) constructed after January 1, 2022, acquire and place at least 6 trauma kits on premises next to automated external defibrillators.
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Requires building managers to inspect trauma kits every three years, restock after each use, and notify tenants annually of kit locations and provide training information; provides liability protection when these requirements are met.
Legislative Description
Emergency response: trauma kits.
Last Action
August 26 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
8/26/2021