Source: The Independence Bucks County
The PA House held its final vote on my bill to require automated external defibrillators at school athletic events last Monday, passing the measure by a vote of 169-33.
That means student athletes are now a step closer to a much greater chance of survival if they experience cardiac arrest.
H.B. 191 would require schools to provide an automated external defibrillator at all interscholastic athletic events, and to provide CPR and AED instruction to employees and volunteers, as well as a cardiac emergency response plan for them to follow.
Like my other AED bill to get them into Pennsylvania’s state-owned buildings, it’s now up to the PA Senate to move the legislation forward. If the chamber again opts to let the bills stall out like they did in the previous legislative session, it will be a huge failure. Kids’ lives are on the line.
-State Rep. Tim Brennan (D-Doylestown)