BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 13, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
333 (Melendez) - As Amended April 30, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill allows a licensee of a healing arts board to apply
credits gained by becoming a certified trainer for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or the proper use of an
automated external defibrillator (AED) to their continuing
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education (CE) requirement. It also allows boards to opt out of
allowing their licensees to apply this training to their CE
requirements.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Minor and absorbable costs to healing arts boards within the
Department of Consumer Affairs to adjust CE protocols to accept
or exclude this training.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. The author considers this bill a no-cost means of
incentivizing licensed medical professionals to become certified
and to provide CPR and AED training. The purpose is to increase
the amount of training in the community and in schools. The
author states this will ultimately lead to less hesitation in
emergency environments and increases in the success rate of
cardiac emergency care. The bill is supported by the American
Red Cross and has no opposition.
Analysis Prepared by:Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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