Indiana
Indiana bill requiring AEDs, cardiac emergency plans for school sports heads to governor’s desk
INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) – The Indiana Home of Representatives has permitted a invoice to enhance coronary heart security for student-athletes within the state.
Senate Invoice 369, also referred to as “Jake’s Regulation”, requires each college from Okay-12 to correctly keep an computerized exterior defibrillator (AED) and ensure one is current at every athletic occasion.
The invoice would additionally require faculties to develop an emergency plan for sudden cardiac arrests that’s correctly posted all through faculties and athletic areas.
Senate Invoice 369 is authored by Sen. Linda Rogers from Granger. The invoice honors Jake West, who died after going into cardiac arrest at a LaPorte Excessive College soccer follow in 2013.
The invoice now heads to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk.
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