MI HB6149

Department of Health must develop, adopt, or approve educational materials and an electronic training program on sudden cardiac arrest within 90 days of enactment, including nature, risks, symptoms, removal criteria for athletes, and risks of continuing participation.

Organizing entities (schools, parks departments, nonprofits, and other entities) sponsoring youth athletic activities must provide educational materials to youth athletes and parents, obtain signed acknowledgment of receipt, and maintain records for the school year.

Coaches and adults supervising athletic activities must immediately remove any youth athlete suspected of or exhibiting symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest; athlete cannot return to play until evaluated by an appropriate health professional and given written clearance.

Organizing entities must ensure all coaches, employees, volunteers, and other adults involved in youth athletic activities complete the sudden cardiac arrest awareness training program before the entity sponsors or operates athletic activities.

Exemptions apply to athletic activities governed by private nonprofit multisport statewide interscholastic athletic associations with substantially similar or more stringent sudden cardiac arrest protocols and enforcement mechanisms, and to entities where athletic participation is incidental to the program's primary focus.