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107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1041

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 27, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the

Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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

AN ACT

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’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress makes the following findings:

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

4 in the United States.

5 (2) 220,000 Americans die each year of sudden

6 cardiac arrest.

7 (3) The American Heart Association estimates

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

9 be saved each year through initiating a course of ac10 tion known as the chain of survival.

11 (4) The chain of survival includes prompt noti12 fication of emergency services and early

13 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (referred to in this

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

15 life support.

16 (5) An important part of United States school

17 children’s education is learning healthy behaviors,

18 including proper nutrition and physical activity. This

19 health education should also include basic emergency

20 lifesaving skills.

21 (6) Incorporating these lifesaving training pro22 grams into the health curriculum of elementary and

23 secondary schools will give school children these

24 skills.

25 (7) Project Automatic Defibrillation in Adam’s

26 Memory (ADAM) has been successful in fostering
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1 awareness of the potential for cardiac arrest in the

2 childhood and adolescent population, encouraging

3 improvement of screening procedures, and facili4 tating the training of high school staff and students

5 in CPR and the use of automatic external

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

7 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ACCESS TO DEFIBRILLATION.

8 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of

9 Health and Human Services shall award a grant to an

10 organization to establish national information clearing11 house that provides information to increase public access

12 to defibrillation in schools.

13 (b) DUTIES.—The health care organization that re14 ceives a grant under this section shall promote public ac15 cess to defibrillation in schools by—

16 (1) providing timely information to entities re17 garding public access defibrillation program imple18 mentation and development;

19 (2) developing and providing comprehensive

20 program materials to establish a public access

21 defibrillation program in schools;

22 (3) providing support to CPR and AED train23 ing programs;

24 (4) fostering new and existing community part25 nerships with and among public and private organi-
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1 zations (such as local educational agencies, nonprofit

2 organizations, public health organizations, emer3 gency medical service providers, fire and police de4 partments, and parent-teacher associations) to pro5 mote public access to defibrillation in schools;

6 (5) establishing a data base to gather informa7 tion in a central location regarding sudden cardiac

8 arrest in the pediatric population and identifying or

9 conducting further research into the problem; and

10 (6) providing assistance to communities that

11 wish to develop screening programs for at risk

12 youth.

13 (c) APPLICATION.—A health care organization desir14 ing a grant under this section shall submit an application

15 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom16 panied by such information as the Secretary may reason17 ably require.

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

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

20 that receives such grant shall prepare and submit to the

21 Secretary of Health and Human Services a report that

22 describes activities carried out with funds received under

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

24 report, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall

25 prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
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1 gress an evaluation that reviews such report and evaluates

2 the success of such clearinghouse.

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From

4 funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2002

5 through 2006 for activities and programs under the De6 partment of Health and Human Services, $800,000 of

7 such funds may be appropriated to carry out the programs

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

9 through 2006.

Passed the Senate June 26, 2002.

Attest: JERI THOMSON,

Secretary.