COREY Safety Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8406
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-18
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>College Operational Reporting of Emergencies Involving Teens and Young Adults Safety Act of 2022 or the COREY Safety Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>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).</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill changes the name of the report from <em>annual security report</em> to <em>annual campus safety report</em>.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8406 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2022 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Himes , Mrs. Hayes , Mrs. Steel , and Mrs. Spartz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL 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.

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 . 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. .