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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                          SB 63 (Price)
          
          Hearing Date: 01/19/2012        Amended: 05/17/2011
          Consultant: Jacqueline Wong-HernandezPolicy Vote: Ed: 10-0; Jud: 
          5-0; Health: 8-1
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 63 would state the intent of the Legislature 
          that all public high schools acquire and maintain at least one 
          automatic external defibrillator (AED), as specified. This bill 
          makes various legislative findings and declarations.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions                    2011-12                  2012-13  
                 2013-14                    Fund
                                                                      
          Legislative intent: all public high       Cost pressure: likely 
          $2 million one-time      Local/
          schools acquire and maintain AEDS     Potentially significant 
          on-going              General*

          *Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum funding 
          guarantee 
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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. 

          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, and 
          requires the program to be developed using specified guidelines. 
          Neither schools nor school districts are required to provide 
          such a program, nor are they required to have automatic external 
          defibrillators (AEDs) onsite.



          This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, codified in 
          statute, that all public high schools acquire and maintain at 
          least one automatic external defibrillator (AED). This provision 








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          creates cost pressure for every high school to acquire at least 
          one AED. This bill authorizes high schools to seek nonstate 
          funds to purchase defibrillators, but does not require that only 
          nonstate funds be used. 



          This bill specifies that if a public high school acquires an 
          AED, or continues to use and maintain an existing AED, the bill 
          would require the school to comply with specified requirements 
          regarding maintenance of the device, and employee training. This 
          places new requirements, and potentially new costs, on schools 
          that already have AEDs. These requirements would also add to the 
          expense of acquiring and maintaining AEDs, should schools 
          currently without AEDs do so.