PRINTER'S NO. 816
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
834
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, MILLARD, BOBACK, HILL-EVANS, NEILSON,
BURGOS, PEIFER, SCHWEYER, PICKETT, ZIMMERMAN, FREEMAN,
CIRESI, DEASY, GILLEN AND HERSHEY, MARCH 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school health services, further
providing for automated external defibrillators and providing
for sudden cardiac event emergency action plan for athletic
activities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1423 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1423. Automated External Defibrillators.--* * *
(i.3) (1) Each school entity and nonpublic school shall
have an automated external defibrillator present at all
interscholastic athletic events, including practices, sponsored
by the school entity or nonpublic school.
(2) The automated external defibrillator required under this
subsection may either be property of the school entity or
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