78R5317 JRD-D
By: Mercer H.B. No. 965
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Department of Health in
consultation with the Texas Education Agency to study the cost and
feasibility of installing automated external defibrillators in
public high school buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Department of Health, in
consultation with the Texas Education Agency, shall conduct a study
regarding the purchase and placement of automated external
defibrillators in public high school buildings.
(b) The department shall estimate the extent to which
placing automated external defibrillators in public high school
buildings would improve the survival rate of individuals who
experience sudden cardiac arrest while in a public high school
building.
(c) The department in consultation with the education
agency also shall study:
(1) in which public high school buildings it would be
advisable to place an automated external defibrillator, with
special consideration given to public high school buildings that
are accessible to the public;
(2) the cost of purchasing, placing, and maintaining
automated external defibrillators in public high school buildings;
(3) the best methods for integrating the placement of
automated external defibrillators with existing emergency medical
services;
(4) the extent to which school personnel would need to
be trained in the use of automated external defibrillators and in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the probable cost of that
training; and
(5) any other considerations, including any other
costs, that would be involved in effectively placing automated
external defibrillators in public high school buildings.
(d) The department shall report the results of its study
together with any recommendations of the department or the
education agency to the governor and the presiding officer of each
house of the legislature not later than November 1, 2004.
SECTION 2. This Act expires June 1, 2005.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.