SENATE DOCKET, NO. 305        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1313

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael O. Moore

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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 outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 305        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1313

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 outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest.

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.