HB3432ham002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

Filed: 4/11/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3432

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3432 as follows:

on page 1, by replacing lines 8 through 10 with the following:

"Sec. 10-20.69. Trauma kit.

(a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

(2) One compression bandage.

(3) One bleeding control bandage.

(4) Protective gloves and a marker.

(5) Scissors.

(6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both.

(7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar to those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any other items that (i) are approved by a local law enforcement agency or first responders, (ii) can adequately treat a traumatic injury, and (iii) can be stored in a readily available kit.

(b) Each school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies."; and

on page 4, by replacing line 3 with the following:

"life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a school's trauma kit. A school board may satisfy the training requirements under this subsection by using the training, including online training, available from the American College of Surgeons or any other similar organization.

In all matters relating to trauma response training, school district employees are immune from civil liability in the use of or failure to use a trauma kit unless the action constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct."; and

on page 4, immediately below line 6, by inserting the following:

"(a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the following:

(1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

(2) One compression bandage.

(3) One bleeding control bandage.

(4) Protective gloves and a marker.

(5) Scissors.

(6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States Department of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both.

(7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar to those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any other items that (i) are approved by a local law enforcement agency or first responders, (ii) can adequately treat a traumatic injury, and (iii) can be stored in a readily available kit."; and

on page 4, line 7, by replacing "(a)" with "(b)"; and

on page 4, line 7, by replacing "must" with "may"; and

on page 4 line 9, by replacing "(b)" with "(c)"; and on page 4, by replacing line 13 with the following:

"life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a school's trauma kit. The board may satisfy the training requirements under this subsection by using the training, including online training, available from the American College of Surgeons or any other similar organization.

In all matters relating to trauma response training, school district employees are immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.".