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Committee tables bill on portable airway‑clearance devices after pediatrics group raises safety concerns
Summary
Representative Townsend's substitute bill to require portable suction airway‑clearance devices in child care centers and shorten required CPR certification timelines was tabled after medical testimony raised concerns about FDA approval, single‑use status, training, and the potential to delay proven CPR methods.
Representative Townsend presented a substitute (LC550468S) prompted by the death of a 16‑month‑old child in a Brunswick daycare. The bill would have required child care centers to maintain a portable airway‑clearance suction device as an additional option when CPR and abdominal thrusts fail, shortened the time for staff to obtain CPR certification from 90 to 45 days, and…
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