2011-2012 Legislative and Regulatory Goals

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition
2011-2012 Legislative and Regulatory Goals

1. Support FY 12 appropriations requests for Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices (AED) program.
2. Support Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsible Treatment in Schools (HEARTS) Act.
3. Support "Teaching Children to Save Lives Act," legislation to be introduced by Rep. Lois Capps to provide grant opportunities for schools to train students in CPR and the use of AEDs (attached).
4. Pursue regulatory and, if necessary, legislative intiatives to remove or revise warning labels on all automated external defibrillators (AEDs) directing bystanders that the device is meant for use by "authorized personnel only".
5. Support appropriations requests for research on mild therapeutic hypothermia therapy.
6. Support efforts to make out-of-hospital cardiac arrest a reportable condition.
7. Support other appropriations requests related to sudden cardiac arrest; for example, from CDC/WiseWoman and NHLBI.