Alabama AED Law - Funds Appropriations for AED purchase/training
S.B. 351
SB351
By Senator Butler
Enrolled, An Act,
SYNOPSIS:
There is no provision of law for a comprehensive and coordinated
state program providing for the training and use of semiautomatic
external defibrillators for the out-of-hospital treatment of
persons suffering sudden cardiac arrest.
This bill would provide for such a program and make a 3 million
dollar conditional appropriation from the General Fund in the
State Treasury to the Alabama State Fire College-Shelton
Community College to implement and administer the program. The
Department of Public Health would establish a program to
administer the act.
Relating to health care for persons suffering cardiac arrest
outside of a hospital setting; to provide for a comprehensive,
coordinated program for the training of emergency medical
providers and equipping of providers with semiautomatic external
defibrillators; and to provide for a conditional appropriation
from the General Fund in the State Treasury to the Alabama State
Fire College-Shelton Community College to implement this act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The Department of Public Health shall establish a
comprehensive cardiac arrest survival plan for the training,
credentialing, and certification of primary cardiac care
providers in the use of semiautomatic external defibrillators
based on national guidelines for life-saving interventions of
persons suffering sudden, non-traumatic cardiac arrest
promulgated by the National Institutes of Health and the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Section 2. There is conditionally appropriated for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1999, the sum of three million dollars
($3,000,000) from the General Fund in the State Treasury to the
Alabama State Fire College-Shelton Community College to implement
and administer this act pursuant to Section 3. The appropriation
made in this section is conditioned upon the availability of
funds in the State General Fund, the recommendation of the
Director of Finance, and the approval of the Governor.
Section 3. All funds from the appropriation in this act shall be
used to assist in the purchase or acquisition of semiautomatic
external defibrillators and training for emergency medical care
providers. To be eligible for assistance, emergency medical care
providers shall meet standards established by the department. A
Cardiac Arrest Survival Commission consisting of the State Health
Officer, the State Emergency Medical Director, three members
appointed by the Senate President Pro Tempore, three members
appointed by the Speaker of the House, two members appointed by
the Governor, and one member appointed by the Alabama Chapter of
the American Heart Association shall make all awards of
assistance by majority vote. The State Health Officer shall serve
as chair of the commission. Assistance may be in the form of
equipment awarded outright or purchased with matching funds from
the provider. The commission shall establish by majority vote the
methodology for making awards to eligible providers.
Section 4. This act shall become effective on the first day of
the third month following its passage and approval by the
Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
Health
Appropriations
General Fund
Emergency Medical Services
Health Department, State
Shelton State Community College
State Fire College
Automated External Defibrillators
Heart Attacks
Defibrillators
Cardiac Arrest Survival Commission