00                 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 27(HSS) am S(efd add S)                                                          
01 "An Act relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation education in public schools; relating                                 
02 to the duties of the Department of Education and Early Development; relating to                                         
03 medical care for major emergencies; and providing for an effective date."                                               
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.30.360(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
06 (a)  Each district in the state public school system shall be encouraged to                                             
07 initiate and conduct a program in health education for kindergarten through grade 12.                                   
08 The program should include instruction in physical health and personal safety                                           
09 including alcohol and drug abuse education, [CARDIOPULMONARY                                                            
10 RESUSCITATION (CPR),] early cancer prevention and detection, dental health,                                             
11 family health including infant care, environmental health, the identification and                                       
12 prevention of child abuse, child abduction, neglect, sexual abuse, and domestic                                         
13       violence, and appropriate use of health services.                                                                 
14    * Sec. 2. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     

01 Sec. 14.30.363. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation education. The department                                               
02 shall adopt curricula to instruct public school students on hands-only cardiopulmonary                                  
03 resuscitation. The department shall determine which grade levels are required to                                        
04 receive instruction under this section and adopt curricula that is appropriate for each of                              
05 those grade levels. A person holding a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation                                            
06 instructor certificate, a license or certificate to provide emergency medical services                                  
07 under AS 18.08.082, or a current teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 may                                          
08 present the curriculum to students. A public school providing instruction to students in                                
09 grades for which this curriculum has been adopted shall offer the instruction if                                        
10 practicable. The curricula must be based on current national, evidence-based                                            
11       emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.                                       
12    * Sec. 3. AS 18.08.010 is amended to read:                                                                       
13 Sec. 18.08.010. Administration. The department is responsible for the                                                 
14 development, implementation, and maintenance of a statewide comprehensive                                               
15       emergency medical services system and, accordingly, shall                                                       
16 (1)  coordinate public and private agencies engaged in the planning and                                                 
17 delivery of emergency medical services, including trauma care and care for major                                    
18       emergencies, to plan an emergency medical services system;                                                    
19 (2)  assist public and private agencies to deliver emergency medical                                                    
20 services, including trauma care and care for major emergencies, through the award                                   
21       of grants in aid;                                                                                                 
22 (3)  conduct, encourage, and approve programs of education and                                                          
23 training designed to upgrade the knowledge and skills of health personnel involved in                                   
24 emergency medical services, including trauma care and care for major emergencies;                                   
25 (4)  establish and maintain a process under which hospitals and clinics                                                 
26 could represent themselves to be trauma centers or otherwise capable of treating                                    
27 major emergencies because they voluntarily meet criteria adopted by the department;                                 
28 criteria adopted by the department to implement this paragraph must be based on an                                      
29       applicable national evaluation system.                                                                            
30    * Sec. 4. AS 18.08.082 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
31 (d)  The commissioner may establish special designations in regulation for                                              

01       varying levels of care for major emergencies provided by a medical facility certified                             
02       under (a)(3) of this section. The designations shall be based on nationally recognized                            
03       standards and procedures.                                                                                         
04    * Sec. 5. AS 18.08.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                               
05                 (15)  "major emergency" includes a heart attack or stroke.                                              
06    * Sec. 6. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect July 1, 2027.