Assembly Bill No. 473–Assemblymen Nolan, Brown, Parks, Cegavske, Anderson, Angle, Beers, Berman, Buckley, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Gustavson, Hettrick, Koivisto, Manendo, Mortenson, Neighbors, Smith, Tiffany and Von Tobel

 

March 19, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Makes appropriation for purchase and distribution of automated external defibrillators. (BDR S‑857)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to public safety; making an appropriation to the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources for the purchase of automated external defibrillators for distribution to certain public places and establishments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1.  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state general

1-2  fund to the Health Division of the Department of Human Resources for the

1-3  purchase and distribution of automated external defibrillators to public

1-4  places and establishments the sum of $100,000.

1-5    2.  The Health Division shall use the money appropriated by subsection

1-6  1 to purchase at least 50 automated external defibrillators for distribution to

1-7  public places and establishments. In addition, the Health Division may

1-8  accept gifts and grants from any source to be used for the purchase of

1-9  additional automated external defibrillators.

1-10    3.  An owner or operator of a public place or establishment may submit

1-11  an application to the Health Division on a form prescribed by the Health

1-12  Division for one or more automated external defibrillators for use on the

1-13  premises of the public place or establishment. The application must

1-14  include, without limitation, proof that at least one person employed by the

1-15  public place or establishment has successfully completed:

2-1    (a) A course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and

2-2    (b) Training in the operation and use of an automated external

2-3  defibrillator,

2-4  that were conducted in accordance with the standards of the American

2-5  Heart Association or the American National Red Cross.

2-6    4.  The Health Division shall prioritize all the applications received

2-7  based upon its determination of the public places or establishments in

2-8  which the presence of automated external defibrillators will serve the

2-9  greatest public need. After the Health Division prioritizes the applications,

2-10  the Health Division shall distribute the automated external defibrillators

2-11  purchased pursuant to subsection 2 to those public places and

2-12  establishments:

2-13    (a) In order of priority; and

2-14    (b) Proportionately based upon the population in this state.

2-15    5.  A public place or establishment that receives an automated external

2-16  defibrillator pursuant to this section shall:

2-17    (a) Comply with all current federal and state regulations governing the

2-18  use and placement of an automated external defibrillator;

2-19    (b) Ensure that the automated external defibrillator is maintained and

2-20  tested according to the operational guidelines established by the

2-21  manufacturer;

2-22    (c) Establish and maintain a program to ensure compliance with current

2-23  regulations, requirements for training, requirements for notification of

2-24  emergency medical assistance and guidelines for the maintenance of the

2-25  equipment; and

2-26    (d) Ensure that the automated external defibrillator is used to provide

2-27  care on the premises of the public place or establishment only by a person

2-28  who has successfully completed:

2-29      (1) A course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and

2-30      (2) Training in the operation and use of an automated external

2-31  defibrillator,

2-32  that were conducted in accordance with the standards of the American

2-33  Heart Association or the American National Red Cross.

2-34    6.  The Health Division shall ensure that each public place or

2-35  establishment that receives an automated external defibrillator pursuant to

2-36  this section complies with the requirements of subsection 5.

2-37    7.  On or before December 1, 2002, each public place or establishment

2-38  that receives an automated external defibrillator pursuant to this section

2-39  shall submit a written report to the Health Division. The written report

2-40  must include an evaluation of the overall success of the use of the

2-41  automated external defibrillator on the premises of the public place or

2-42  establishment, including, without limitation, the number of lives that were

2-43  saved, if any, by the use of the automated external defibrillator.

2-44    8.  The Health Division shall:

2-45    (a) Compile the data contained in the reports submitted pursuant to

2-46  subsection 7; and

2-47    (b) On or before February 1, 2003, submit a written compilation of the

2-48  reports to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission

2-49  to the 72nd session of the Nevada Legislature.

3-1    9.  As used in this section, “public place or establishment” means a

3-2  place or establishment to which the public is invited or which is intended

3-3  for public use. The term includes, without limitation:

3-4    (a) Any public building which is owned or occupied by the State of

3-5  Nevada, any component of the University and Community College System

3-6  of Nevada, or any county, city, school district or other political subdivision

3-7  and which is used for any public purpose;

3-8    (b) Any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena or other

3-9  place of exhibition or entertainment;

3-10    (c) Any auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, stadium or other

3-11  place of public gathering;

3-12    (d) Any grocery store, shopping center or other sales or retail

3-13  establishment;

3-14    (e) Any terminal, depot or other station used for specified public

3-15  transportation; and

3-16    (f) Any park, zoo, amusement park or other place of recreation.

3-17    10.  Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

3-18  must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to

3-19  the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

3-20  been made.

3-21    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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