PRINTER'S NO. 3431
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2298
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MARSHALL, BARRAR, BERNSTINE, CHARLTON, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, DRISCOLL, GILLEN, MARSICO, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON,
PICKETT, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, WARD
AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 24, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 24, 2018
AN ACT
Establishing the Infant CPR and Choking Education and Prevention
Program; and providing for educational and instructional
materials, for duties of department, for criminal or civil
liability and for regulations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Infant CPR
and Choking Education Act.
Section 2. Declaration of purpose.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Choking deaths are the fourth most common cause of
accidental death in infants under one year of age.
(2) An average of 140 children choke to death each year.
(3) An average of more than 10,000 emergency room visits
for children under 14 years of age occur each year due to
choking.
(4) Seventy-five percent of choking episodes occur in
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