COREY Safety Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.8406 | Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe (D-CT)
Policy area: Education

Summary:
College Operational Reporting of Emergencies Involving Teens and Young Adults Safety Act of 2022 or the COREY Safety Act of 2022
This bill expands reporting requirements included in the annual security report provided to current and prospective students and employees of each institution of higher education (IHE).
Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its report information about the number of incidents that result in serious physical harm or death involving (1) transportation on foot or via bikes, scooters, skateboards, longboards, or motor vehicles; (2) ground level and high height slips and falls; (3) alcohol or drug overdoses; and (4) choking or drowning. Further, the IHE must also include in the report a statement containing the name, address, and distance from campus of the closest Level I trauma center.
Additionally, the bill changes the name of the report from annual security report to annual campus safety report.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require reporting of 
 certain incidents resulting in serious physical injuries or death at 
       institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``College Operational Reporting of 
Emergencies Involving Teens and Young Adults Safety Act of 2022'' or 
the ``COREY Safety Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CLERY ACT TO INCIDENTS RESULTING IN SERIOUS 
              PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH.

    (a) Reporting of Incident Statistics.--Section 485(f)(1)(F) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(F)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) of incidents that result in serious 
                        physical harm or death involving--
                                    ``(I) transportation on foot or via 
                                bikes, scooters, skateboards, 
                                longboards, or motor vehicles;
                                    ``(II) ground level and high height 
                                slips and falls;
                                    ``(III) alcohol or drug overdoses; 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) choking or drowning.''.
    (b) Updating Campus Safety Report Title.--Section 485 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)(O), by striking ``campus crime 
        report'' and inserting ``campus safety report''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``annual security 
        report'' and inserting ``annual campus safety report''.
    (c) Reporting Closest Trauma I Center.--Section 485(f)(1) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(K) A statement including the name, address, and 
                distance from campus of the Level I trauma center 
                closest to the campus of the institution.''.
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