SB-0647, As Passed Senate, May 31, 2016

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 647

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1168.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 1168. (1) By not later than the 2017-2018 school year,

the department shall ensure that the model core academic curriculum

content standards for health education and the subject area content

expectations and guidelines for health education under section

1278a provide for all of the following:

     (a) Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pupils

enrolled in grades 7 to 12. The content standards and subject area

content expectations shall ensure that the psychomotor skills

necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation are incorporated

into the instruction and that the instruction is based on either of

the following:

     (i) An instructional program developed by the American Red

Cross or the American Heart Association.

     (ii) Nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for

cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

     (b) Instruction about automated external defibrillators for

pupils enrolled in grades 7 to 12.

(2) The content standards or subject area content expectations

and guidelines under subsection (1) shall not require a

certificated teacher to be an authorized CPR/AED instructor to

facilitate, provide, or oversee instruction described in subsection

(1)(a) if that instruction does not result in a pupil earning a CPR

certification card or status.

     (3) If instruction described in subsection (1)(a) will result

in a pupil earning a CPR certification card or status, that

instruction must be taught by an authorized CPR/AED instructor, as

applicable.

     (4) School districts, public school academies, and nonpublic

schools are encouraged to use locally available resources to

provide the instruction required to meet the content standards or

subject area content expectations and guidelines under subsection

(1), including, but not limited to, emergency medical technicians,

paramedics, police officers, firefighters, representatives of the

American Heart Association or American Red Cross, or properly

trained teachers or other school employees.

     (5) As used in this section:

     (a) "Authorized CPR/AED instructor" means an instructor who is

authorized by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross,

or a similar nationally recognized association to provide

instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation that results in the

issuance of a CPR certification card or status.

     (b) "CPR certification card or status" means a card or other

credential evidencing successful completion of instruction in

cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is issued by the American Heart

Association, American Red Cross, or a similar nationally recognized

organization using evidence-based guidelines for the teaching of

cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.