MI HB4291

Department of Health must develop or approve educational materials and a sudden cardiac arrest awareness training program in electronic format within 90 days of the bill's effective date, covering symptoms, risks, removal criteria for affected athletes, and dangers of continuing participation.

Department must make educational materials and training program available on its website to schools, coaches, parents, students, youth athletes, and the general public.

Organizing entities (schools, parks departments, nonprofits, and other public/private entities) must provide educational materials to youth athletes and their parents/guardians, obtain signed acknowledgments, and maintain records for the duration of each school year.

Coaches and adults involved in athletic activities must immediately remove any youth athlete suspected of or exhibiting symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest from participation; athletes cannot return without written clearance from an appropriate health professional.

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 to entities where athletic participation is incidental to the program's primary focus.