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FL S0250
Bill
AI Summary
- Requires the State Surgeon General to adopt guidelines for the placement of bleeding control kits in state-owned or state-leased buildings, alongside existing automated external defibrillator requirements
- Mandates every district school board provide at least one bleeding control kit in each school, containing at minimum a tourniquet, trauma dressings, gauze, two pairs of nitrile gloves, trauma shears, and instructions
- Requires all students to study and practice first aid skills for severe bleeding at least once before graduating high school, as part of physical education or another required curriculum, based on American Red Cross or other nationally recognized evidence-based programs
- Directs the Department of Education to develop a list of approved severe bleeding first aid instructional programs by July 1, 2022, and incorporate them into existing continuing education or inservice training for instructional personnel beginning in the 2022-2023 school year without adding to total required training hours
- Students with disabilities as defined under Florida law are exempt from the student instruction requirements; the act takes effect July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
First Aid for Severe Bleeding
Last Action
Died in Health Policy
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Health Policy12/21/2020
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