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PA HB191
Bill
Status
6/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Brennan
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AI Summary
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Requires all Pennsylvania school entities and nonpublic schools to offer CPR and AED instruction to employees and volunteers at least once every two years, with mandatory participation for school nurses, athletic coaches, marching band directors, physical education teachers, and athletic trainers.
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Mandates at least one AED in every school building during the school day and at least one trained/certified staff member present in each building daily.
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Requires schools to develop cardiac emergency response plans that include evidence-based standards, annual reviews, safety procedures for cardiac emergencies, and annual sudden cardiac arrest drills.
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Establishes the Automated External Defibrillator Program through the Department of Education to assist schools in purchasing AEDs through biennial bidding, with purchases qualifying for Pennsylvania Accountability Grants and school safety funding.
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Schools have three years from the effective date to comply with the new requirements; Good Samaritan civil immunity applies to school employees who use AEDs to render care.
Legislative Description
In certification of teachers, repealing provisions relating to CPR instruction; and, in school health services, repealing provisions relating to automatic external defibrillators and providing for AED and CPR instruction and procedure, for Automated External Defibrillator Program and for availability and specifications of automated external defibrillators.
Last Action
Referred to Education
6/18/2025