Access to AEDs Act

Access to AEDs Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools.

Specifically, such access shall be achieved in such schools by

• developing and providing comprehensive materials to establish defibrillation programs,
• providing support for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training programs,
• fostering new and existing community partnerships to promote the importance of defibrillation,
• establishing a clearinghouse database to gather information in a central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the pediatric population, and
• providing assistance to secondary school athletic departments for screening student athletes for risk of sudden cardiac arrest.