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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bill S.1589 194th (Current)

An Act relative to improving outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest

By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1589) of Michael O. Moore and James B. Eldridge for legislation to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest. Public Health.

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Bill Information

Presenter:
Michael O. Moore
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
The bill would require that all dispatchers that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions be trained in telephone-CPR and adds a physician with a specialty in emergency medicine and a regional EMS expert to the State 911 Commission. The bill also establishes a registry of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) accessible by 911 operators to make them easier to locate in an emergency and adds Sudden Cardiac Arrest to the list of reportable diseases, allowing the Commonwealth to collect improved data on these incidents.
* The bill summary was created by the Primary Sponsor of the bill; no committee of the General Court certifies the accuracy of its contents.

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