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Committee removes civil-immunity language from school bleeding-control bill and refers measure for further review
Summary
HB 1700 would require school boards to implement bleeding-control programs and place bleeding-control kits in schools. The Senate committee removed a statutory civil-immunity provision from the bill and re-referred the measure for further review.
Delegate Clark presented HB 1700, which would require each school board in Virginia to develop a bleeding-control program for primary and secondary schools and place bleeding-control kits in accessible locations. Clark said the American College of Surgeons (ACS) provides free training and that the programs typically require only short training sessions for school staff.
The committee discussed whether the bill should include explicit civil-immunity protections for school employees who use bleeding-control kits in emergencies. The transcript shows the committee considered whether existing sovereign-immunity or other statutory immunity…
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