HB 1643 – Requires thirty minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction and training during high school

• Sponsor: Brown
• LR Number: 4984H.01P
• Committee: Education
• Last Action: 5/13/2016 - Informal Calendar H Bills for Third Reading--HB 1643-Hicks (Brown)
• Effective Date: August 28, 2016
• House Handler: Hicks

Current Bill Summary

HB 1643 - Beginning with the 2017-18 school year, this act requires high school pupils in public schools and charter schools to have received thirty minutes of CPR instruction and training in the proper performance of the Heimlich maneuver or other first aid for choking prior to graduation. The act also requires the training to be included in the district's existing health or physical education curriculum.

This act is identical to SB 711 (2016) and to a provision contained in SCS/HB 1678 (2016), CCS/HCS/SB 635 (2016), and CCS/SCS/SB 638 (2016), and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 457 (2015).

JOSHUA NORBERG