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Subcommittee adopts measures on bleeding-control kits, cardiac plans and heat-illness guidelines for students
Summary
The subcommittee amended and reported bills to place bleeding-control kits in schools (HB 1700), to require cardiac emergency-response planning (HB 1695, as amended), and to set statewide guidelines for heat-related illness prevention in student athletes (HB 1663).
The House appropriations subcommittee reported three separate school-health measures aimed at reducing preventable deaths and injuries among students and participants in school athletics.
House Bill 1700, sponsored by Delegate Kevin Clark, would require school boards to develop bleeding-control programs integrated into existing emergency plans, and to make bleeding-control kits accessible in primary and secondary schools. The committee adopted an amendment that removed a grant requirement and reported the bill as amended, 6–0. Supporters cited the Stop the Bleed campaign and American College of Surgeons training as readily available resources; several witnesses, including program representatives, said the training and kits have saved…
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