HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2609        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2250

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Edward R. Philips

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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 to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

1/19/2023

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/1/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/1/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/3/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

2/9/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/15/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/22/2023

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

6/13/2023

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos

14th Essex

6/13/2023

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

6/13/2023

Kristin E. Kassner

2nd Essex

6/13/2023

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

6/15/2023

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

6/23/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2609        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2250

By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2250) of Edward R. Philips and others for legislation to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest by providing additional safeguards and resources.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act to improve 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. Subsection (b) of section 18B of chapter 6A, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the figure "11" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “13”.

SECTION 2.  Said subsection (b) of section 18B of chapter 6A, as so appearing, is hereby amended in line 42, by inserting after the words “Massachusetts Ambulance Association” the following words:- “, 1 of whom shall be a physician with a specialty in emergency medicine”;

and further in lines 42 through 44, by striking out “and 1 of whom shall be a manager or supervisor of a PSAP and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication Supervisors Association” and inserting in place thereof the following language:-

“1 of whom shall be a sitting manager or supervisor of a PSAP serving a population of less than 50,000 people and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication Supervisors Association and 1 of whom shall be a sitting manager or supervisor of a PSAP serving a population of more than 50,000 people and a nominated representative of the Massachusetts Communication Supervisors Association.”

SECTION 3.  Subsection (g) of said section 18B of said chapter 6A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

The commission shall establish rules requiring PSAPs to complete quality assurance and quality improvement (QA/QI) processes for their telecommunicator CPR instructions, in accordance with nationally recognized standards, and provide procedures to report annually to the commission compliance and may adjust state grant or shared revenue amounts based on failure to comply with such rules.

SECTION 4. Section 12V ½ of chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following in subsections:-

(d) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an AED registry shall be established for the purpose of allowing local 911 telecommunicator to locate accessible AEDs. Any AED used in a public access defibrillation program shall register the device through the PSAP medical control director (MCD).

(e) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, signage located throughout buildings shall clearly indicate AED locations.

SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public health shall include sudden cardiac arrest as a reportable disease.