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H.R. 4989 116th Congress House

Access to AEDs Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to promote student access to defibrillation in elementar… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 8, 2019 See on congress.gov
Education Cardiovascular and respiratory healthChild healthCongressional oversightElementary and secondary education
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Emergency medical services and trauma careHealth information and medical recordsHealth technology, devices, suppliesSchool athletics
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Nov 6, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 5, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 5, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 6, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to AEDs Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools.

Specifically, such access shall be achieved in such schools by

  • developing and providing comprehensive materials to establish defibrillation programs,
  • providing support for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training programs,
  • fostering new and existing community partnerships to promote the importance of defibrillation,
  • establishing a clearinghouse database to gather information in a central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the pediatric population, and
  • providing assistance to secondary school athletic departments for screening student athletes for risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Nov 14, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 8, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4989: Access to AEDs Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4989/
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"H.R. 4989: Access to AEDs Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4989/.
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H.R. 4989, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4989/.
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[H.R. 4989: Access to AEDs Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4989/)
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