,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dihi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1        
#bjai,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida 7for      
himself and ,mr4 ,thompson of           
,mississippi7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,education and ,labor1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,services to award
 a grant to a health care organization  
to promote student access to            
defibrillation in elementary and        
secondary schools1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,access to ,a,e,ds  
,act4  #b4 ,findings2 purpose ,the      
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,heart disease is the leading cause

 of death in the ,united ,states4  7#b7 
,sudden cardiac arrest is the leading   
cause of death for student athletes4    
7#c7 ,in #bjag1 there were approximately
 #cef1jjj sudden cardiac arrests that   
occurred in the ,united ,states1 with #i
 out of #aj being fatal 7#cbj1djj74     
,only #a in #aj victims survive a sudden
 cardiac arrest 7#ce1fjj74  7#d7 ,the   
,american ,heart ,association estimates 
that #e in #aj victims 7#agh1jjj7 could 
survive if bystanders gave ,,cpr and    
used ,a,e,ds immediately1 an additional 
#adb1djj victims4  7#e7 ,the chain of   
survival includes prompt notification of
 emergency services and early ,,cpr1    
defibrillation1 and advanced cardiac    
life support4  7#f7 ,health education   
should include basic emergency          
lifesaving skills4 ,incorporating these 
lifesaving training programs into the   
health curriculum of elementary and     
secondary schools will give school      
children these skills4  #c4 ,promoting  
student access to defibrillation  7a7   

,in general ,the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services shall award a grant
 to a health care organization to       
promote student access to defibrillation
 in elementary schools and secondary    
schools by--  7#a7 developing and       
providing comprehensive materials to    
establish defibrillation programs in    
such schools2  7#b7 providing support   
for ,,cpr and ,,aed training programs in
 such schools2  7#c7 fostering new and  
existing community partnerships with and
 among public and private organizations 
7such as local educational agencies1    
nonprofit organizations1 public health  
organizations1 emergency medical service
 providers1 fire and police departments1
 and parent-teacher associations7 to    
promote the importance of defibrillation
 in such schools2  7#d7 establishing a  
clearinghouse database to gather        
information in a central location       
regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the  
pediatric population and thereby        
facilitating the identification and     

conduct of further research2 and  7#e7  
providing assistance to secondary school
 athletic departments seeking to develop
 programs to screen student athletes for
 risk of sudden cardiac arrest4  7b7    
,application ,a health care organization
 seeking the grant under this section   
shall submit an application to the      
,secretary at such time1 in such manner1
 and containing such information as the 
,secretary may reasonably require4  7c7 
,reports  7#a7 ,by grantee ,not later   
than #d years after receipt of the grant
 under this section1 the health care    
organization receiving the grant shall  
submit to the ,secretary a report that  
describes the activities carried out    
with funds received through the grant4  
7#b7 ,by ,secretary ,not later than #c  
months after receipt of the report      
required by paragraph 7#a71 the         
,secretary shall submit to the          
appropriate committees of ,congress an  
evaluation of the success of the        
activities carried out pursuant to the  

grant under this section4  7d7          
,definition ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the 
term ,,aed means an automated external  
defibrillator4  7#b7 ,the term ,,cpr    
means cardiopulmonary resuscitation4    
7#c7 ,the terms elementary school and   
secondary school have the meanings given
 to such terms in section #haja of the  
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74    
7#d7 ,the term ,secretary means the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services4  7e7 ,authorization of       
appropriations ,to carry out this       
section1 there is authorized to be      
appropriated #hjj1jjj for the period of 
fiscal years #bjbj through #bjbd4