Florida Senate - 2020 SB 934
By Senator Pizzo
38-01244A-20 2020934__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to first aid for severe bleeding;
3 amending s. 768.1326, F.S.; requiring the State
4 Surgeon General to adopt rules to establish guidelines
5 for the placement of bleeding control kits in state
6 buildings by a specified date; providing requirements
7 for such guidelines and the placement of such kits in
8 state buildings; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; requiring
9 district school boards to provide a bleeding control
10 kit in every school within the school district;
11 providing requirements for such kits; creating s.
12 1003.457, F.S.; requiring school districts to provide
13 instruction for all students in first aid for severe
14 bleeding; requiring students to study and practice
15 skills associated with first aid for severe bleeding
16 at least once before graduating from high school;
17 requiring that the instruction be a part of a required
18 curriculum and be based on certain programs; providing
19 an exemption; creating s. 1012.5841, F.S.; requiring
20 the Department of Education to develop a list of
21 approved first aid for severe bleeding instructional
22 programs for certain instructional personnel by a
23 specified date; providing requirements for such list;
24 requiring the department to incorporate such training
25 programs into existing requirements for continuing
26 education or inservice training for such personnel by
27 a specified school year; prohibiting such requirements
28 from adding to the total hours required for such
29 education and training; authorizing the State Board of
30 Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date.
31
32 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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34 Section 1. Section 768.1326, Florida Statutes, is amended
35 to read:
36 768.1326 Placement of automated external defibrillator
37 devices and bleeding control kits defibrillators in state
38 buildings; rulemaking authority.—No later than January 1, 2021
39 2003, the State Surgeon General shall adopt rules to establish
40 guidelines on the appropriate placement of automated external
41 defibrillator devices and bleeding control kits in buildings or
42 portions of buildings owned or leased by the state, and shall
43 establish, by rule, recommendations on procedures for the
44 deployment of automated external defibrillator devices and
45 bleeding control kits in such buildings in accordance with the
46 guidelines. The Secretary of Management Services shall assist
47 the State Surgeon General in the development of the guidelines.
48 The guidelines for the placement of the automated external
49 defibrillator devices and bleeding control kits defibrillators
50 shall take into account the typical number of employees and
51 visitors in the buildings, the extent of the need for security
52 measures regarding the buildings, special circumstances in
53 buildings or portions of buildings such as high electrical
54 voltages or extreme heat or cold, and such other factors as the
55 State Surgeon General and Secretary of Management Services
56 determine to be appropriate. The State Surgeon General’s
57 recommendations for deployment of automated external
58 defibrillator devices and bleeding control kits defibrillators
59 in buildings or portions of buildings owned or leased by the
60 state shall include:
61 (1) A reference list of appropriate training courses in the
62 use of such devices and kits, including the role of
63 cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
64 (2) The extent to which such devices and kits may be used
65 by laypersons;
66 (3) Manufacturer recommended maintenance and testing of the
67 devices and, if appropriate, kits; and
68 (4) Coordination with local emergency medical services
69 systems regarding the incidents of use of the devices and kits.
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71 In formulating these guidelines and recommendations, the State
72 Surgeon General may consult with all appropriate public and
73 private entities, including national and local public health
74 organizations that seek to improve the survival rates of
75 individuals who experience cardiac arrest or injuries that would
76 require a bleeding control kit.
77 Section 2. Subsection (28) of section 1001.42, Florida
78 Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (29), and a new
79 subsection (28) is added to that section, to read:
80 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
81 district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
82 powers and perform all duties listed below:
83 (28) BLEEDING CONTROL KITS.—Provide at least one bleeding
84 control kit in every school within the school district. The
85 bleeding control kit must include, at a minimum, a tourniquet,
86 trauma dressings, gauze, two pairs of nitrile gloves, trauma
87 shears, and instructions.
88 Section 3. Section 1003.457, Florida Statutes, is created
89 to read:
90 1003.457 Instruction in first aid for severe bleeding.—
91 (1) Each school district shall provide instruction for all
92 students in first aid for severe bleeding. The students shall
93 study and practice the skills associated with first aid for
94 severe bleeding at least once before graduating from high
95 school. The instruction must be a part of the physical education
96 curriculum or another required curriculum selected by the school
97 district.
98 (2) The required instruction must be based on an
99 instructional program established by the American College of
100 Surgeons or another nationally recognized program that uses the
101 most current evidence-based emergency care guidelines.
102 (3) A student with a disability, as defined in s. 1007.02,
103 is exempt from the requirements of this section.
104 Section 4. Section 1012.5841, Florida Statutes, is created
105 to read:
106 1012.5841 Continuing education and inservice training for
107 first aid for severe bleeding.—
108 (1) By July 1, 2021, the Department of Education shall
109 develop a list of approved first aid for severe bleeding
110 instructional programs for instructional personnel in elementary
111 school, middle school, and high school. The approved list must
112 include instructional programs established by the American
113 College of Surgeons or another nationally recognized program
114 that uses the most current evidence-based emergency care
115 guidelines.
116 (2) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the
117 Department of Education shall incorporate the first aid for
118 severe bleeding instructional programs into existing
119 requirements for the continuing education or inservice training
120 of instructional personnel. The requirements of this section may
121 not add to the total hours required for continuing education or
122 inservice training as currently established by the department.
123 (3) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
124 implement this section.
125 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.