[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2560 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2560

  To establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase 
              public access to defibrillation in schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2001

  Mr. Shimkus (for himself, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. Kirk) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
    Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 
 Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase 
              public access to defibrillation in schools.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's 
Memory Act'', or the ``ADAM Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the 
        United States.
            (2) 220,000 Americans die each year of sudden cardiac 
        arrest.
            (3) The American Heart Association estimates that the lives 
        of 50,000 cardiac arrest victims could be saved each year 
        through initiating a course of action known as the chain of 
        survival.
            (4) The chain of survival includes prompt notification of 
        emergency services and early cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
        (referred to in this Act as ``CPR''), defibrillation, and 
        advanced cardiac life support.
            (5) An important part of United States school children's 
        education is learning healthy behaviors, including proper 
        nutrition and physical activity. This health education should 
        also include basic emergency lifesaving skills.
            (6) Incorporating these lifesaving training programs into 
        the health curriculum of elementary and secondary schools will 
        give school children these skills.
            (7) Project Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory 
        (ADAM) has been successful in fostering awareness of the 
        potential for cardiac arrest in the childhood and adolescent 
        population, encouraging improvement of screening procedures, 
        and facilitating the training of high school staff and students 
        in CPR and the use of automatic external defibrillators 
        (referred to in this Act as ``AED'').

SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ACCESS TO DEFIBRILLATION.

    (a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall award a grant to an organization to establish national 
information clearinghouse that provides information to increase public 
access to defibrillation in schools.
    (b) Duties.--The health care organization that receives a grant 
under this section shall promote public access to defibrillation in 
schools by--
            (1) providing timely information to entities regarding 
        public access defibrillation program implementation and 
        development;
            (2) developing and providing comprehensive program 
        materials to establish a public access defibrillation program 
        in schools;
            (3) providing support to CPR and AED training programs;
            (4) fostering new and existing community partnerships with 
        and among public and private organizations (such as local 
        educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, public health 
        organizations, emergency medical service providers, fire and 
        police departments, and parent-teacher associations) to promote 
        public access to defibrillation in schools;
            (5) establishing a data base to gather information in a 
        central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the 
        pediatric population and identifying or conducting further 
        research into the problem; and
            (6) providing assistance to communities that wish to 
        develop screening programs for at risk youth.
    (c) Application.--A health care organization desiring a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary 
may reasonably require.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 5 years after receipt of a grant under 
this section, the health care organization that receives such grant 
shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
a report that describes activities carried out with funds received 
under this section. Not later than 3 months after receipt of such 
report, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an evaluation that 
reviews such report and evaluates the success of such clearinghouse.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--From funds authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 for activities and 
programs under the Department of Health and Human Services, $800,000 of 
such funds may be appropriated to carry out the programs described in 
this Act for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
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