SB 652: Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools - West Virginia

Committee Substitute → Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute · 5 edits

MODERATE

This revision updates the bill's version history and refines several definitions and requirements related to cardiac emergency response plans in schools. The changes clarify terminology, adjust the scope of required training, and modify how cardiac emergency response plans are documented and implemented.

Scope change

The bill's applicability remains focused on elementary and secondary schools with athletic departments or organized athletic programs, but the definition of 'School' was clarified to explicitly include schools with such programs under county board jurisdiction.

DEFINITION

Capitalization was changed for 'Cardiac Emergency Response Plan', 'Automated External Defibrillator', and 'Sudden Cardiac Arrest' to use lowercase except at the start of sentences, aligning with standard legal drafting conventions.

REQUIREMENT

The list of school staff required to be trained in first-aid, CPR, and AED use was renumbered and slightly reworded to improve clarity, adding 'including, but not limited to' to emphasize that the list is non-exhaustive.

TECHNICAL

Version history was updated to reflect the current Committee Substitute (2) status and added an Enrolled Version link, indicating the bill has progressed through committee review.

TIMELINE

The committee report date was updated from March 7, 2025 (Education Committee) to March 24, 2025 (Finance Committee), reflecting the bill's progression through committee review.

SCOPE

The bill text was reformatted with additional spacing and line breaks to improve readability and standard formatting for legislative documents.

Enrolled Version → Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reorganized from a formal legislative format into a website display format, with some minor wording adjustments. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, though the definition of 'School' was slightly expanded to explicitly include schools with athletic departments or organized athletic programs. A new subsection (k) was added to require coaches and youth sports personnel to receive the cardiac response plan, locate AEDs, maintain CPR/AED training, and practice skills. The definition of 'School' was modified to clarify it applies to schools with athletic departments or organized athletic programs.

Scope change

The definition of 'School' was expanded to explicitly include schools with athletic departments or organized athletic programs, clarifying which institutions must comply with the cardiac response plan requirements.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'School' was changed from any elementary or secondary school to specifically include schools with an athletic department or organized athletic program under the jurisdiction of a county board of education.

REQUIREMENT

A new subsection (k) was added requiring coaches and youth sports personnel supervising teams on school grounds to receive the cardiac response plan, locate AEDs, maintain CPR/AED training, and practice skills.

TECHNICAL

The text was reorganized from a formal legislative format to a website display format, with some minor wording adjustments and renumbering of subsections.

Introduced Version → Enrolled Version · 5 edits · Apr 24, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was converted from an introduced draft to an enrolled final version, adding official signatures, dates, and certification language required for passage. The substantive policy content of the cardiac arrest response plan requirements for schools and coaches remained largely unchanged, with minor formatting adjustments to definitions and list items.

Scope change

The bill's scope remained the same, covering cardiac arrest response plans for elementary and secondary schools and requirements for coaches supervising youth sports leagues on school grounds.

TECHNICAL

Added official enrolled version formatting including signatures from Senate and House clerks, passage date (April 11, 2025), effective date (90 days from passage), and governor signature line.

DEFINITION

Simplified the definition of 'School' by removing the reference to 'with an athletic department or organized athletic program' to apply to all schools under county board jurisdiction.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that cardiac emergency response plans must be venue specific and practiced annually.

Added new subsection requiring cardiac emergency response plans to address incidents occurring on school grounds outside of athletic events.

Reorganized subsection (b) to separate the athletic program requirement from the general school requirement for cardiac emergency response plans.

Expanding cardiac arrest provisions to be applicable to elementary schools

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