An Act To Require Students To Receive Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External Defibrillator prior to Graduation
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1366
Committee Amendment CA_A_H164 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §6304

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 11" to H.P. 974, L.D. 1366, Bill, "An Act To 
Require Students To Receive Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use 
of an Automated External Defibrillator prior to Graduation" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Require Public Schools To Offer Instruction Related to 
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated External 
Defibrillator' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6304, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 267, §1, is amended to 
read: 
§6304. Automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
School boards may place automated external defibrillators in occupied school 
buildings and at school athletic events. School personnel and members of the public may 
receive training on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated 
external defibrillators in order to acquire the skills and confidence to respond to 
emergencies. In accordance with rules adopted by the department. public schools shall 
offer training to students on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use 
automated external defibrillators. Rules adopted under this section are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in the 4th line (page 1, line 9 in L.D.) by inserting after 
the following: "use" the following: 'pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section 6304' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in the last 6 lines (page 1, lines 18 to 23 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "By the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year, every school 
that is required to participate in the system of learning results set forth in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6209 shall implement instruction in CPR and use of 
an AED based on the rules adopted by the commissioner. Rules adopted pursuant to this 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 974, L.D. 1366 
section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A." and inserting the following: 'The rule must be designed to 
ensure that the requirements of Title 20-A, section 6304 can be met by a public school 
without the public school's being required to expand or modify its activity so as to 
necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment: 
1. 
Removes the requirement that every student develop proficiency in 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as part of 
the system of learning results; and 
2. 
Requires public schools to offer training to students on how to perform 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated external defibrillators in accordance 
with rules adopted by the Department of Education. The rules must be designed to ensure 
that the training requirements can be met without a public school's being required to 
expand or modify its activity so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local 
revenues. 
FISCAL :-;OTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/09113 ;tvae 
LD 1366 
LR 1139(02) 
An Act To Require Students To Receive Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
an Automated External Defibrillator prior to Graduation 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment Iff ( tt-/ &~ 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Education to develop the required rules can be absorbed within exisitng 
budgeted resources. Assuming the department is able to successfully design rules to implement the training 
requirements in the bill so that they would not necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues, this bill may 
not represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. 
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