SB 221-CPR CURRICULUM                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:36:14 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO. 221                                                                  
"An Act  relating to  cardiopulmonary resuscitation  education in                                                               
public  schools; relating  to  the duties  of  the Department  of                                                               
Education and  Early Development; and providing  for an effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR TOBIN stated that based on committee feedback Senator                                                                     
Gray-Jackson created a committee substitute for SB 221.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:36:46 PM                                                                                                                    
MICHAEL MASON, Staff, Senator Löki Tobin, Alaska State                                                                          
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, provided the summary of changes for                                                                
SB 221, version A to B:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
[Original punctuation provided.]                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        SENATE BILL 221                                                                                       
                         CPR CURRICULUM                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                     EXPLANATION OF CHANGES                                                                                   
                  (VERSION A TO CS for SB 221)                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act  relating   to  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation                                                                  
     education in public schools; relating  to the duties of                                                                  
     the Department of Education  and Early Development; and                                                                  
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     This  version  intends to  reduce  the  fiscal note  by                                                                    
     changing  the  language  in the  bill  to  require  the                                                                    
     school district  to adopt  an existing  program instead                                                                    
     of requiring DEED to develop  a new curriculum. It adds                                                                    
     language  to  specify  that the  CPR  program  must  be                                                                    
     taught  to students  between the  grades 9  and 12,  to                                                                    
     give the school districts a  longer time frame to offer                                                                    
     the training.  It also changes the  requirement for the                                                                    
     instructor that  would present the  program, to  hold a                                                                    
     CPR   Certificate   rather   than  a   CPR   Instructor                                                                    
     Certificate.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Section 1: No changes made to this section.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     Section 2:  Deletes lines 2-11  and adds  new language,                                                                
     see note above.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:37:54 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN solicited a motion.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:37:55 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEVENS moved to adopt the committee substitute (CS) for                                                                
SB 221, work order 33-LS1135\B, as the working document.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:38:05 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN found  no further objection and CSSB  221 was adopted                                                               
as the working document.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  TOBIN  asked  if  there  was  objection  for  purposes  of                                                               
discussion on SB 221.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:38:19 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  TOBIN found  no objection  and solicited  the will  of the                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:38:27 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  STEVENS  moved  to  report  CSSB  221,  work  order  33-                                                               
LS1135\B,  from  committee  with individual  recommendations  and                                                               
attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:38:40 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR TOBIN  found no objection  and CSSB 221 (EDC)  was reported                                                               
from the Senate Education Standing Committee.