Bill > H2386

This bill aims to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest by making several changes to the existing law. The key provisions include: 1. Increasing the membership of the Massachusetts Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system advisory council from 11 to 13 members, with the addition of a physician specializing in emergency medicine and an expert in regional EMS. 2. Requiring the EMS system advisory council to establish a procedure for monitoring adherence by telecommunicators and their governing bodies to the training requirements for providing high-quality Telephone-CPR instructions, and allowing the council to adjust state grant or shared revenue amounts based on failure to comply. 3. Requiring all 911 telecommunicators who provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions to be trained in the most current nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for Telephone-CPR, including recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and compression-only CPR instructions. 4. Establishing an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) registry to allow local 911 telecommunicators to locate accessible AEDs, with a requirement for public buildings to have signage clearly indicating AED locations. 5. Requiring the Department of Public Health to include sudden cardiac arrest as a reportable disease.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2386