BILL NUMBER: AB 1719 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 556
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 29, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 16, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 22, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 16, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Rodriguez
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooley, Kim, Maienschein, Mathis,
Mayes, O'Donnell, Salas, and Waldron)
(Coauthor: Senator Anderson)
JANUARY 27, 2016
An act to add Section 51225.6 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1719, Rodriguez. Pupil instruction: cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
(1) Existing law authorizes a school district or school to provide
a comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary
resuscitation training, or both, to pupils and employees in
accordance with specified guidelines. Existing law requires each
pupil completing grade 12 to satisfy certain requirements as a
condition of receiving a diploma of graduation from high school.
These requirements include the completion of designated coursework in
grades 9 to 12, inclusive. Existing law authorizes a governing board
of a school district to adopt other coursework requirements.
This bill would require, commencing with the 2018-19 school year,
the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a
charter school that requires a course in health education for
graduation from high school to include instruction in performing
compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as provided. The bill
would encourage those entities to provide to pupils general
information on the use and importance of an automated external
defibrillator. The bill would require the State Department of
Education to provide guidance on how to implement these provisions,
including, but not limited to, who may provide instruction.
(2) Existing law provides that no local agency, entity of state or
local government, or other public or private organization that
sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises the training
of citizens in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be liable for any
civil damages alleged to result from such training programs.
Existing law provides that no person who is certified to instruct
in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by either the American Heart
Association or the American Red Cross shall be liable for any civil
damages alleged to result from the acts or omissions of an individual
who received instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation by that
certified instructor.
This bill would provide that a local agency, entity of state or
local government, or other public or private organization that
sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises, and a public
employee who provides or facilitates, the instruction of pupils in
compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the use of an
automated external defibrillator pursuant to the bill shall not be
liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the acts or
omissions of an individual who received such instruction, except as
provided.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51225.6 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
51225.6. (a) If the governing board of a school district or the
governing body of a charter school requires a course in health
education for graduation from high school, the governing board of a
school district or the governing body of a charter school shall
include, commencing with the 2018-19 school year, instruction in
performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This
instruction shall include both of the following:
(1) An instructional program based on national evidence-based
emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for the performance of
compression-only CPR, such as those developed by the American Heart
Association or the American Red Cross.
(2) Instruction to pupils relative to the psychomotor skills
necessary to perform compression-only CPR. For purposes of this
paragraph, "psychomotor skills" means skills that pupils are required
to perform as hands-on practice to support cognitive learning.
(b) Before the commencement of the 2017-18 school year, the
department shall provide guidance on how to implement this section,
including, but not limited to, who may provide instruction pursuant
to this section.
(c) The governing board of a school district or the governing body
of a charter school is encouraged to provide to pupils general
information on the use and importance of an automated external
defibrillator (AED). The physical presence of an AED in the classroom
is not required.
(d) The governing board of a school district or the governing body
of a charter school may adopt policies to implement this section.
(e) (1) The governing board of a school district or the governing
body of a charter school providing instruction in performing
compression-only CPR or information on the use of an AED pursuant to
this section is encouraged to use the most cost-effective means
possible to implement that requirement.
(2) This section shall not be construed to require the governing
board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school
to make any purchases, including, but not limited to, purchasing an
AED.
(f) (1) A local agency, entity of state or local government, or
other public or private organization that sponsors, authorizes,
supports, finances, or supervises the instruction of pupils in
compression-only CPR or the use of an AED pursuant to this section
shall not be liable for any civil damages alleged to result from the
acts or omissions of an individual who received such instruction.
(2) A public employee who provides or facilitates the instruction
of pupils in compression-only CPR or the use of an AED pursuant to
this section shall not be liable for any civil damages alleged to
result from the acts or omissions of an individual who received such
instruction.
(3) This subdivision shall not be construed to grant immunity from
civil damages to any person who provides or facilitates the
instruction of pupils in compression-only CPR or the use of an AED in
a manner that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton
misconduct.