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Committee tables proposal to require anti‑choking suction devices in child‑care centers after safety concerns
Summary
Representative Townsend’s constituent bill to require portable airway‑clearance devices and shorter CPR‑certification windows for child‑care staff was tabled after medical witnesses raised safety and FDA‑approval concerns; the committee asked proponents and medical groups to confer and returned the bill to later consideration.
Representative Townsend introduced a constituent bill following the death of a 16‑month‑old child, proposing that child-care learning centers and family child-care homes make portable airway‑clearance devices (PACDs) available and require staff CPR certification within 45 days of hire (reduced from 90 days). The sponsor said the device would be a third tool to attempt dislodgement after back blows/Heimlich and infant CPR when other steps fail.
Townsend said Decal (the Department of Early Care and Learning) had provided…
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