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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1041

To establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public

access to defibrillation in schools.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 14, 2001

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To establish a program for an information clearinghouse

to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Automatic

5 Defibrillation in Adam’s Memory Act’’, or the ‘‘ADAM

6 Act’’.

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

8 Congress makes the following findings:

9 (1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death

10 in the United States.
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1 (2) 220,000 Americans die each year of sudden

2 cardiac arrest.

3 (3) The American Heart Association estimates

4 that the lives of 50,000 cardiac arrest victims could

5 be saved each year through initiating a course of ac6 tion known as the chain of survival.

7 (4) The chain of survival includes prompt noti8 fication of emergency services and early

9 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (referred to in this

10 Act as ‘‘CPR’’), defibrillation, and advanced cardiac

11 life support.

12 (5) An important part of United States school

13 children’s education is learning healthy behaviors,

14 including proper nutrition and physical activity. This

15 health education should also include basic emergency

16 lifesaving skills.

17 (6) Incorporating these lifesaving training pro18 grams into the health curriculum of elementary and

19 secondary schools will give school children these

20 skills.

21 (7) Project Automatic Defibrillation in Adam’s

22 Memory (ADAM) has been successful in fostering

23 awareness of the potential for cardiac arrest in the

24 childhood and adolescent population, encouraging

25 improvement of screening procedures, and facili-
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1 tating the training of high school staff and students

2 in CPR and the use of automatic external

3 defibrillators (referred to in this Act as ‘‘AED’’).

4 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ACCESS TO DEFIBRILLATION.

5 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of

6 Health and Human Services shall award a grant to an

7 organization to establish national information clearing8 house that provides information to increase public access

9 to defibrillation in schools.

10 (b) DUTIES.—The health care organization that re11 ceives a grant under this section shall promote public ac12 cess to defibrillation in schools by—

13 (1) providing timely information to entities re14 garding public access defibrillation program imple15 mentation and development;

16 (2) developing and providing comprehensive

17 program materials to establish a public access

18 defibrillation program in schools;

19 (3) providing support to CPR and AED train20 ing programs;

21 (4) fostering new and existing community part22 nerships with and among public and private organi23 zations (such as local educational agencies, nonprofit

24 organizations, public health organizations, emer25 gency medical service providers, fire and police de-
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1 partments, and parent-teacher associations) to pro2 mote public access to defibrillation in schools;

3 (5) establishing a data base to gather informa4 tion in a central location regarding sudden cardiac

5 arrest in the pediatric population and identifying or

6 conducting further research into the problem; and

7 (6) providing assistance to communities that

8 wish to develop screening programs for at risk

9 youth.

10 (c) APPLICATION.—A health care organization desir11 ing a grant under this section shall submit an application

12 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom13 panied by such information as the Secretary may reason14 ably require.

15 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after receipt

16 of a grant under this section, the health care organization

17 that receives such grant shall prepare and submit to the

18 Secretary of Health and Human Services a report that

19 describes activities carried out with funds received under

20 this section. Not later than 3 months after receipt of such

21 report, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall

22 prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Con23 gress an evaluation that reviews such report and evaluates

24 the success of such clearinghouse.
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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From

2 funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2002

3 through 2006 for activities and programs under the De4 partment of Health and Human Services, $800,000 of

5 such funds may be appropriated to carry out the programs

6 described in this Act for each of the fiscal years 2002

7 through 2006.

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