No. HB 973
Filed under Education.
Bleeding Control Kits in K-12 Schools; Requires responses to severe bleeding incidents on school grounds to be included in each public school's plan for urgent life-saving emergencies; requires public schools to have bleeding control kits on school grounds by specified date; requires DOE to establish guidelines for determining required number of kits for each school; requires certain staff to receive training related to such kits; requires kits & use of such kits to be included in certain drills; & requires kits to be restocked.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDBy 2028, every public school must keep bleeding control kits in clearly marked locations on school grounds.
The Department of Education will set guidelines for how many kits each school must maintain.
Appropriate staff must receive training in using the kits, and the kits must be restocked after use.
Bleeding control kits must be integrated into existing emergency drills and included in school emergency plans.
AIRequires all public schools, including charter schools, to have bleeding control kits on school grounds by July 1, 2028.
AIRequires bleeding control kits to be in clearly marked, publicized locations and maintained per manufacturer recommendations.
AIRequires the Department of Education to establish guidelines determining the number of bleeding control kits each school must have.
AIRequires appropriate staff, as determined by the department, to receive training in the use of bleeding control kits.
AIRequires bleeding control kits and their use to be integrated into appropriate emergency drills under s. 1006.07(4).
AIRequires schools to restock bleeding control kits and replace used items upon the use of a kit.
AIRequires each public school's plan for urgent life-saving emergencies to address response to severe bleeding incidents on school grounds.