Bill > HB629

This bill modifies existing Georgia law concerning emergency preparedness in schools, primarily by removing the requirement for a licensed physician's involvement in automated external defibrillator (AED) programs and introducing provisions for bleeding control kits. Specifically, it updates the definition of an "emergency action plan" and "internal response team" to include responses to severe bleeding in addition to cardiac arrest, and mandates that schools ensure training for their internal response teams and other expected users on how to use bleeding control kits, which are defined as kits approved by the American College of Surgeons to stop or slow bleeding. The bill also requires schools to notify emergency medical services about the location of bleeding control kits and to maintain and replenish them after use. The requirement for physician oversight of AED programs is removed, and the bill emphasizes the role of the Georgia Trauma Commission Bleeding Control Kit Program and Regional Trauma Advisory Committee coordinators in obtaining these kits and training. The bill's effectiveness is contingent upon the General Assembly appropriating funds for its purposes.

Education, Health and Social Services

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70806