HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1166        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1938

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mary S. Keefe

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to improving the outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest in the Commonwealth.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/14/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/31/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/31/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/16/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/31/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1166        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1938

By Ms. Keefe of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1938) of Mary S. Keefe and others relative to adherence to nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines to improving the outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to improving the outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest in the Commonwealth.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 111C, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection (3), the following new clause:-

(iii) All 911 telecommunicators that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions, shall be required to be trained, utilizing the most current nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines, in high-quality Telephone-CPR.   The instruction shall incorporate recognition protocols for out of hospital cardiac arrest, compression-only CPR instructions for callers, and continuous education.

SECTION 2. Section 18B of chapter 6A is hereby amended by adding, at the end of subsection (g), the following new sentence:-

“The commission shall establish a procedure for monitoring adherence by identified telecommunicators and the governing bodies of identified telecommunicators to the requirements set forth in above sub-section and may adjust state grant or shared revenue amounts based on failure to comply with the requirements of this section.”;

And further, in line 27, by striking the number “11” and replacing with the number:- “13”;

And further, in line 42, after the phrase “Massachusetts Ambulance Association,” the following new language:-

“1 of whom shall be a physician with a specialty in emergency medicine, 1 of whom shall have expertise in regional EMS,”

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public health shall include sudden cardiac arrest as a reportable disease.