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Lawmakers table bill after medical group raises safety and approval concerns about anti‑choking devices
Summary
Representative Townsend proposed requiring child-care providers to have portable airway‑clearance devices and faster CPR certification timelines; the committee tabled the measure after pediatricians raised safety and approval concerns.
Representative Townsend presented a constituent-driven bill prompted by the death of a 16-month-old (identified in testimony as Jamal) who choked in a daycare. The measure would require child-care centers and family child-care homes to have a portable airway‑clearance device (PACD) available, increase the time by which staff must be CPR certified from 90 to 45 days after hire, and…
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