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Sen. Ballard’s bill to require school cardiac emergency plans and grants draws strong emotional testimony after local save
Summary
LB463 would require school districts to adopt a standardized cardiac emergency response plan, make AEDs readily accessible and create a grant program (proposed $1.5M) administered by the Department of Education to offset costs; testimony included multiple survivor stories, clinical evidence and a broad coalition of health and school groups.
Sen. Beau Ballard (District 21) introduced LB463, which would require state school safety directors to develop a standardized cardiac emergency response plan for schools to adopt, require accessible AEDs at school sites and set up grants through the Department of Education to help districts pay implementation costs. The bill proposes using the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund as the state grant source with a $1,500,000 authorization stated by the introducer.
The hearing featured emotional survivor testimony and broad institutional support. Erin Zavawa described her son Memphis’s out‑of‑school cardiac arrest at a cross‑country meet and credited immediate bystander CPR and rapid access…
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