Congress 107 - HR 2560 - ADAM Act

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Child health Congress Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Data banks Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Elementary school students Emergency Management Emergency medical services Employee training Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Health education Health information systems Heart diseases High school students High schools Labor and Employment Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medical supplies Parent-school relationships School health programs School personnel Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Secondary school students Teachers

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Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act - ADAM Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to establish a national information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (PAD) in schools by providing: (1) timely information on PAD program implementation and development; (2) comprehensive program materials to establish a PAD program in schools; (3) support to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) training programs; (4) encouragement for community partnerships with and among public and private organizations to promote PAD in schools; (5) a database to gather information in a central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the pediatric population and identifying or conducting further research into the problem; and (6) assistance to communities that wish to develop screening programs for at-risk youth.

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Nov 2, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jul 31, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 18, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 18, 2001

Introduced in House

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